The Journal of Sacred Literature, Volumes 5-6; Volume 35John Kitto C. Cox, 1858 - Bible |
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Page 163
... CYRUS THE GREAT . To the Editor of " The Journal of Sacred Literature . ” Claysmore , July 30th , 1857 . SIR , -Your correspondent G. B. in the J. S. L. of this month , p . 431 , has touched upon a very interesting historical question ...
... CYRUS THE GREAT . To the Editor of " The Journal of Sacred Literature . ” Claysmore , July 30th , 1857 . SIR , -Your correspondent G. B. in the J. S. L. of this month , p . 431 , has touched upon a very interesting historical question ...
Page 164
... Cyrus and his successors ruled with abso- lute dominion over Asia . Thus far then your correspondent and I are agreed . Nor do I doubt that the two kingdoms of Media and Persia were then ruled each by its own independent sovereign . But ...
... Cyrus and his successors ruled with abso- lute dominion over Asia . Thus far then your correspondent and I are agreed . Nor do I doubt that the two kingdoms of Media and Persia were then ruled each by its own independent sovereign . But ...
Page 165
... Cyrus ( Coresh the grandson of Astyages ) was a powerful king when Belshazzar was slain . 2. That Darius the Mede immediately succeeded to the throne of Babylon on the death of Belshazzar . In the first place , it is a question very ...
... Cyrus ( Coresh the grandson of Astyages ) was a powerful king when Belshazzar was slain . 2. That Darius the Mede immediately succeeded to the throne of Babylon on the death of Belshazzar . In the first place , it is a question very ...
Page 166
... Cyrus after his defeat , and how he treated him rather with the honours of a father than as a captive , and how after tendering to Amytis the daughter of Astyages the respect due to a mother , he afterwards married that princess , upon ...
... Cyrus after his defeat , and how he treated him rather with the honours of a father than as a captive , and how after tendering to Amytis the daughter of Astyages the respect due to a mother , he afterwards married that princess , upon ...
Page 167
... Cyrus on the throne , because chap . vi . ends with the words , " In the reign of Cyrus the Persian , " and chap . vii . begins with the words , " In the first year of Belshazzar . Nor can your correspondent find support for his ...
... Cyrus on the throne , because chap . vi . ends with the words , " In the reign of Cyrus the Persian , " and chap . vii . begins with the words , " In the first year of Belshazzar . Nor can your correspondent find support for his ...
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