Nipur was a great and flourishing city and its temple, the Temple of Bel, the religious centre of the dominant people of the world at a period as much prior to the time of Abraham AS the time of Abraham is prior to our own day. We discovered written records... The Story of the Alphabet - Page 98de Edward Clodd - 1900 - 209 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
| John Punnett Peters - 1897 - 466 pages
...University of Pennsylvania Expedition explored. I have called this temple " the oldest temple in the world." We found that Nippur was a great and flourishing city,...of Abraham as the time of Abraham is prior to our day. We discovered written records no less than 6000 years old, and proved that writing and civilization... | |
| Augustus Henry Keane - 1899 - 584 pages
...however, nothing improbable in the early date assigned to this ruler. "We found," writes Dr JP Peters, "that Nippur was a great and flourishing city, and...of Abraham as the time of Abraham is prior to our day. We discovered written records no less than 6000 years old, and proved that writing and civilisation... | |
| Mrs. E. A. Gordon - 1902 - 466 pages
...Expedition explored. I have called this temple ' the oldest temple in the world ' ; we found that Nipur was a great and flourishing city and its temple, the...own day. We discovered written records no less than 6000 years old, and proved that writing and civilisation then were by no means in their infancy. Further... | |
| Mrs. E. A. Gordon - 1902 - 466 pages
...Expedition explored. I have called this temple ' the oldest temple in the world ' ; we found that Nipur was a great and flourishing city and its temple, the...period as much prior to the time of Abraham AS the lime of Abraham is prior to our own day. We discovered written records no less than 6000 years old,... | |
| 1898 - 1032 pages
...potent as that of Jerusalem over our own." Those who worshiped at Nippur in those far-away ages were the " dominant people of the world at a period as...of Abraham as the time of Abraham is prior to our day." These modern revelations of the distant ages of the past prove conclusively that the world is... | |
| 632 pages
...however, nothing improbable in the early date assigned to this ruler. " We found," writes Dr JP Peters, "that Nippur was a great and flourishing city, and...of Abraham as the time of Abraham is prior to our day. We discovered written records no less than 6000 years old, and proved that writing and civilisation... | |
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