The Bible and the Classics

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1861 edition. Excerpt: ...at liberty to argue, says Hardwic, that faint glimmerings of one only God, --inert indeed, if not impersonal, ----but still the primal cause of all things, are discernible here and there in the remains of Medo-Persian heathenism. Ormazd the Good shines gloriously and inestimably above all that were called gods. By common consent, whatever may have been the source of it, whether greater intercourse with the Hebrews, or primeval revelation handed down by tradition, sounder views of God and religion prevailed in Persia than elsewhere. Of the primitive state of man, his fall by the temptation of the evil one in the form of a serpent, as held in ancient Persia, we have already spoken, and shall not needlessly enlarge this supplement by adducing more of the many testimonies which might be furnished. god, Ormazd, --he gave this earth; he gave that heaven; he gave mankind; he made Darius-king. Says Darius the king, --Ormazd, when he saw that the world was heretical, (or rebellious, ) he rendered it subject to my power. By the grace of Ormazd, I have reformed it completely. Says Darius the king, --that which has been done, all of it I have accomplished by the grace of Ormazd. O people! the law of Orn1azd, --that having returned to you, let it not perish. Beware, lest ye abandon the true doctrine. Other inscriptions there are, which have not yet been deciphered. To this we add the following. Among the many interesting proofs of the accuracy of scripture history, (after having been questioned, ) which are furnished by the recent discoveries, we notice the following from Sir Henry Rawlinson. The apparent contradiction between Daniel and Berosus is completely reconciled. Berosus states that Nabonidus, after being defeated...