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  • Moses or Mosis simply means ‘son of,’ so Thuth mosis means ‘son of Thoth,’ the Egyptian god of wisdom.

    THE 5 GREATEST WARRIORS MATTHEW REILLY 2010

  • Moses or Mosis simply means ‘son of,’ so Thuth mosis means ‘son of Thoth,’ the Egyptian god of wisdom.

    THE 5 GREATEST WARRIORS MATTHEW REILLY 2010

  • Moses or Mosis simply means ‘son of,’ so Thuth mosis means ‘son of Thoth,’ the Egyptian god of wisdom.

    THE 5 GREATEST WARRIORS MATTHEW REILLY 2010

  • Lex Mosis sterilitatem matrimonii execratur, quanto amplius coelibatum? — 12.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • [305] [See beginning of chapter ii., for the leading divisions.] [306] “Vox hæc dikaiosunē hoc quidem loco latissimè sumitur, ita ut significet non modo to nomimon, sed et quicquid ullam æqui atque honesti habet rationem; nam lex Mosis de hoc baptismo nihil præscripserat.” —

    Of Communion with God the Father, Son and Holy Ghost 1616-1683 1965

  • _Ignorabat quod cornuta esset facies sua_, quia verbum _Karan_ denominativum nominis _Keren, cornu_; opinatus est denotare, _cornua habere_; hine nata opinio, Mosis faciem fuisse cornutam.

    Notes and Queries, Number 26, April 27, 1850 Various

  • Philo, in Vita Mosis: Illa lingua ac character quo antiquitus scripta est lex sic permansit usque ad LXX.

    Pens��es 1623-1662 1944

  • Philo says that Moses had learned the "theory of rhythm and harmony" (De vita Mosis, I, 5).

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913

  • Cramer, for instance, in his "De ara exteriori" (xii, 1) considers the altar of holocausts as a type of Christ, and then asks the question, "quadratus quomodo Christus fuerit"; van Till (De tabernaculo Mosis, xxv) presents the snuffers of the sacred candlestick as a type of sanctified reason which destroys our daily occurring errors.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 15: Tournely-Zwirner 1840-1916 1913

  • Alexandria, tells us that a festival was held every year on the island of Pharos in honour of the place whence the blessing of the Greek Bible first shone forth (Vita Mosis II S: 7, II 141).

    A Grammar of Septuagint Greek 1856-1924 1905

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