Bible Dictionary: Towers: Origin and Antiquity of

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Torrey's Topical Textbook

Genesis 11:4
And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach to heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad on the face of the whole earth.
Torrey's Topical Textbook

Library

Egypt and Greece.
... as it were, under their hands into towers, battlements, and ... structures and ruins
of structures whose origin was then, as now, lost in a remote antiquity. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/abbott/xerxes/chapter ii egypt and greece.htm

Chapter xi
... The story of their origin was known to Moses ... no worthy parallel in the literature
of earliest antiquity. ... remains in this region show, such towers were regular ...
//christianbookshelf.org/leupold/exposition of genesis volume 1/chapter xi.htm

The Psalter of Solomon.
... trouble of mastering this important remnant of antiquity. ... country have been
investigating their origin, assigning their ... ii.1), seized on the towers, poured out ...
//christianbookshelf.org/deane/pseudepigrapha/the psalter of solomon.htm

Travel. A Personal Experience.
... If you want to know the origin of American institutions ... The two water towers at the
ends are each 282 feet ... For their antiquity the mummies and statues in the ...
/.../ix travel a personal experience.htm

The Early Years of Jesus
... miracle than to account for the origin of the ... one sees the double summit which towers
above Megiddo ... with its beautiful rounded form, which antiquity compared to ...
/.../rhees/the life of jesus of nazareth/v the early years of.htm

Infancy and Youth of Jesus --His First Impressions.
... XIV.) the origin of the genealogies intended to connect ... out the double summit which
towers above Megiddo ... its beautiful rounded form, which antiquity compared to ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/renan/the life of jesus/chapter ii infancy and youth.htm

Palestine under Pagan Kings.
... this nation, and all others of antiquity, excepting what ... ancient and wonderful empire,
whose origin is lost ... were surmounted with two hundred and fifty towers. ...
/.../headley/half hours in bible lands volume 2/palestine under pagan kings.htm

The Sibylline Oracles.
... in the form of prophecy, the rôle of antiquity being thus ... The crucifix was of later
origin. ... striking is the parallelism concerning the three towers raised in ...
//christianbookshelf.org/deane/pseudepigrapha/the sibylline oracles.htm

Jesus Only
... mean thing for man of humble origin like themselves ... was not "Jesus only," but custom,
antiquity, outward performance ... shall go, but the gospel towers above the ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 16 1870/jesus only.htm

The City of Benares.
... is seen in the dim light of antiquity as a ... Cunningham, and have been found to be
of Buddhist origin. ... approach that of many of our church towers and steeples. ...
/.../life and work in benares and kumaon 1839-1877/chapter vii the city of.htm

Subtopics

Towers

Towers of Jerusalem Remarkable for Number, Strength, and Beauty

Towers of the Furnaces

Towers were Built in Cities

Towers were Built in the Deserts

Towers were Built in the Forests

Towers were Built in Vineyards

Towers were Built: On the Walls of Cities

Towers were Used As Armouries

Towers were Used As Citadels in Time of War

Towers: Babel