 | Charles Francis Horne - 1917 - 520 pàgines
...equivalent to Selene, the moon. All things being in this situation, Belus came, and cut the woman asunder ; and, out of one half of her, he formed the earth, and of the other half the heavens ; and at the same time he destroyed the animals in the abyss. All this, he says, was an allegorical description... | |
 | American Oriental Society - 1918 - 372 pàgines
...echoes in the Psalter. — Remarks by Professor Haupt. Berosus says that Bel cut Tiamat asunder, and of one half of her he formed the earth and of the other half the heavens. Similarly we find in Psalm 24. 3: 'From the huge carcass (mippagre) of the slain monster (holalim;... | |
 | Paschal B. Randolph - 1996 - 418 pàgines
...Thalassa — the Sea. Presently Belus-ie Baal — Lord — God, came and cut the woman asunder, and of one half of her he formed the earth, and of the other half the heavens ; and at the same time destroyed all the animals within her. All this (he says) was an allegorical description of... | |
 | Gerald Massey - 1998 - 548 pàgines
...equivalent to Selene, the moon. All things being in this situation, Belus came, and cut the woman asunder ; and, out of one half of her he formed the earth, and of the other half the heavens ; and at the same time he destroyed the animals in the abyss. All this he (Berosus) says was an allegorical description... | |
 | Ronald Herbert Sack - 2004 - 202 pàgines
...NOTES 159 Selene, the moon. All things being in this situation, Belus came, and cut the woman asunder: and, out of one half of her, he formed the earth, and of the other half the heavens; and at the same time he destroyed the animals in the abyss. All this (he saysl was an allegorical description... | |
 | A. H. Sayce - 2005 - 569 pàgines
...equivalent to the Moon. All things being in this situation, Belos came and cut the woman asunder, and of one half of her he formed the earth, and of the other half the heavens, and at the same time destroyed the animals within her (in the abyss). All this was an allegorical description... | |
 | Gerald Massey - 2007 - 545 pàgines
...equivalent to Selene, the moon. All things being in this situation, Betas came, and cut the woman asunder ; and, out of one half of her he formed the earth, and of the other half the heavens ; and at the same time he destroyed the animals in the abyss. All this he (Berpsus) says was an allegorical description... | |
 | Gerald Massey - 2007 - 545 pàgines
...equivalent to Selene, the moon. All things being in this situation, Betas came, and cut the woman asunder ; and, out of one half of her he formed the earth, and of the other half the heavens ; and at the same time he destroyed the animals in the abyss. All this he (Berpsus) says was an allegorical description... | |
 | 1877 - 650 pàgines
...interpreted " the moon." All things being thus, Belus, who is Jupiter, came and cut the woman in sunder, and of one half of her he formed the Earth, and of the other half the. Heavens. All this, Berosus teaches, was an allegorical description of nature. For the whole universe consisting... | |
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All this, he says, was an allegorical description of nature. For the whole universe consisting of moisture, and animals being continually generated therein; the deity... 
