The history of oracles : in two dissertations (1753)

Author(s)

• Fontenelle, M. de (Bernard Le Bovier)

Bibliographic Information

The history of oracles : in two dissertations (1753)

M. de Fontenelle ; [translated from the best edition of the original French]

（Kessinger Publishing's legacy reprints）

Kessinger, [20--]

Note

Cover title

Reprint. Originally published: Glasgow : printed by R. Urie, 1753 as The history of oracles : in two dissertations : wherein are proved, I. That the oracles were not given out by dæmons; but were invented and supported by the craft of the pagan priests, II. That the oracles did not cease at the coming of Jesus Christ; but subsisted four hundred years after it, till the entire abolition of paganism

Contents of Works

• 1. That the oracles were not given out by dæmons; but were invented and supported by the craft of the pagan priests
• 2. That the oracles did not cease at the coming of Jesus Christ; but subsisted four hundred years after it, till the entire abolition of paganism

Details

• NCID: BB13189578
• ISBN:
  • 9781165083688
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Original Language Code: fre
• Place of Publication: [Whitefish]
• Pages/Volumes: x, 144 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Subject Headings:
  • FREE : Oracles -- Translations into English -- Early works to 1800
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA82347218