The Phoenicians: The Purple Empire of the Ancient WorldMorrow, 1975 - 288 pages Examines the history, people, culture, civilization, and achievements of the Phoenicians, whose supremacy in shipbuilding and navigation enabled them to be masters of the ancient world for three hundred years. |
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Page 103
... death . But it does not justify a curse which went beyond death itself . Why was she thus damned ? Why was there so much venom on the lips of her accusers ? The answer is quite simple : Jezebel was not sentenced according to the rules ...
... death . But it does not justify a curse which went beyond death itself . Why was she thus damned ? Why was there so much venom on the lips of her accusers ? The answer is quite simple : Jezebel was not sentenced according to the rules ...
Page 110
... death as a sacrifice for mankind . It was probably the most influential of all non - Jewish mythological concepts in the east and doubtless also prepared the ground for the later flowering of the story of Christ's death and resurrection ...
... death as a sacrifice for mankind . It was probably the most influential of all non - Jewish mythological concepts in the east and doubtless also prepared the ground for the later flowering of the story of Christ's death and resurrection ...
Page 247
... death by elephants . In spite of these in the long run quite successful campaigns , the civil war lasted a good four years . It began in 241 BC and it was not until 237 BC that Matho was captured and , as Flaubert writes , sacrificed ...
... death by elephants . In spite of these in the long run quite successful campaigns , the civil war lasted a good four years . It began in 241 BC and it was not until 237 BC that Matho was captured and , as Flaubert writes , sacrificed ...
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The Bedouins of the Sea II | 11 |
The City in the Cedar Grove | 27 |
The Coming of the Aryans | 39 |
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