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119 pages of results. 901. Misusing Radiocarbon: A Case Study [Journals] [SIS Review]
... an undefined term. However, I noted one instance (P-1816 and P-1818) when it was used with respect to data on a coffin and its mummy that the Radiocarbon report placed in the 21st Dynasty on no uncertain terms [7 ]. I can only conclude that the uncertainty was once again generated by the somewhat contradictory radiocarbon results. Strangely, also, in this case the date for cedar from the same coffin (P-1817) was not even listed in Hassan and Robinson's appendix. This cedar dated over 1000 years earlier than the sycamore from the same coffin and than the mummy cloth in this coffin, and it is illustrative of the great age of the wood used by ...
902. Velikovsky and Catastrophism: A Hidden Agenda? [Journals] [SIS Review]
... Minoan Ia period [3 ], and there are strong LM Ia links to the early 18th Dynasty. Further support for an early 18th Dynasty date can be found on a stela of Pharaoh Ahmose, the first king of the 18th Dynasty (the beginning of whose reign is dated conventionally to c.1550 BC). The stela describes strange climatic events and floods [4 ]. And there is now archaeological evidence for the eruption in the early 18th Dynasty: Manfred Bietak has recently found large quantities of water-borne Theran pumice (still to be confirmed by analysis) in the early 18th Dynasty levels at Tell el Daba [5 ]. The use of calibrated radiocarbon dates indicates ...
903. Forum [Journals] [SIS Review]
... , p. 100 10. op. cit. [1 ], pp. 266-7 11. ibid, p. 261 12. ibid, p. 262 13. Cyrus H. Gordon: Before Columbus (Turnstone Edn., 1972). Dr Gordon is a very reputable scholar. Some elements of his book read a little strangely, for example a theory that early alphabets of around 29 letters are coded lunar calendars. In other words, Before Columbus has an eccentric rather than merely controversial, flavour. Id. Deploring the star-crossed' marriage - a contribution from Ev Cochrane It is a real privilege to have this opportunity to contribute to the ongoing debate over the ...
904. Anomalous Occurrence of Crocodilia in Eocene Polar Forests Part Two [Journals] [SIS Review]
... northerly range limits [123]. January temperatures on Eocene Ellesmere Island were close to 35 degrees Fahrenheit, without benefit of sunlight. Sunshine allows today's alligator to bask on fine winter days and provides sufficient warmth to shallow water or dens to enable the beast to survive the cool season. Conclusion The Eocene forests of the Canadian High Arctic were strange because they had to cope with months of polar darkness. Latitude during this time had little meaning, as Antarctica was also moist and biologically luxuriant. Today, forest ecosystems do not exist in high polar latitudes. Given the prolonged absence of light, plant life needed to shut down its metabolic processes via exposure to near-freezing temperatures. However ...
905. The Nature and Scale of an Exodus Catastrophe Reassessed [Journals] [SIS Review]
... J. Phythian-Adams (1946: 116-124), in an essay which is particularly remarkable in view of its publication four years before Worlds in Collision. He reported an unforgettable phenomenon' which he had observed while on a cycling tour in the southwest of England in the summer of 1908. One night he and his companion noticed that it was strangely light: At 11.30 p.m . one was able to read the print of a newspaper .. . without any difficulty; and it was clear to both of us that the situation was quite abnormal. ' This was not the flickering light of an aurora. There was, rather, one steady diffused radiance suggestive ...
906. The Legends of the Jews: Volume III [Books]
... commandments." They said: "All that the Lord has spoken will we do and be obedient." [181] "O Lord of the world!" they continued, "We acted in accordance with Thy commandments before they were revealed to us. Jacob fulfilled the first of the Ten Commandments by bidding his sons put away strange gods that were among them. Abraham obeyed the commandment not to take the name of the Lord in vain, for he said: I have lifted up mine hand unto the Lord, the most high God. ' Joseph fulfilled the commandment to remember the Sabbath and keep it holy; and when his brothers came to him, he ...
907. The Legends of the Jews: Volume III [Books]
... partook of wine before entering the sanctuary, which if forbidden to priests; they did not wear the prescribed priestly robes, and, furthermore, they had not sanctified themselves with water out of the laver for washing. They made their offering, moreover, in the Holy of Holies, to which admittance had been prohibited, and used "strange fire," and the offering was all in all out of place because they had had no command from God to offer up incense at that time. Apart from this lists of sins, however, they were very pious men, and their death grieved God more than their father Aaron, not alone because it grieves God to see ...
908. The Legends of the Jews: Volume III [Books]
... it was this very incense that prevented the plague, and to teach them that it is sin that brings death. [596] Aaron, however, did not know why he employed incense, and therefore said to Moses: "O my lord Moses, hast thou perchance my death in view? My sons were burned because they put strange fires into the censers. Shall I now fetch holy fire from the altar and carry it outside? Surely I shall meet death through this fire!" Moses replied: "Go quickly and do as I have bidden thee, for while thou dost stand and talk, they die." Aaron hastened to carry out the command given ...
909. The Legends of the Jews: Volume III [Books]
... , but I mounted to the angels into their own territory, and still they feared me." [962] Joseph said to Moses, "I am greater than thou, for my master's wife could not tempt me to sin." Moses replied: "Still am I superior to thee, for thou didst restrain thyself from a strange woman, whereas I abstained from intercourse with my own wife." [963] The degreed of Moses' superiority over the other pious men can be seen by following. Adam died because he has been seduced by the serpent, whereas Moses fashioned a serpent out of brass at sight of which everyone that had been bitten by a ...
910. Philologos | The Legends of the Jews: Volume IV [Books]
... an ornate synagogue, the seats in which were made of silver and gold. But the worshippers did not correspond in character to the magnificence of the building, for when it came to the point of satisfying the needs of the way-worn pilgrims, one of those present said: "There is not dearth of water and bread, and the strange travellers can stay in the synagogue, whither these refreshments can be brought to them." Early the next morning, when they were departing, Elijah wished those present in the synagogue in which they had lodged, that God might raise them all to be "heads." Rabbi Joshua again had to exercise great self-restraint, and not ...
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