Ancient faiths embodied in ancient names: or, An attempt to trace the religious belief, sacred rites, and holy emblems of certain nations, by an interpretation of the names given to children by priestly authority, or assumed by prophets, kings, and hierarchs (1872)
oses, Simon and Judas,by her husband Joseph, and somedaughters as well (Matt. xiii. 55, 56).Still farther ; Ishtar was adoredin Babylonia much in the samemanner as the Virgin is now, andas amongst her other titles was Themother of the Gods, so it is pro-bable that Mary is, under one form oranother,… … 32 Am-Astareth, or Aslitoretli is her mother, is a name of a Carthaginianwoman, who is commemorated in Davis Carthaginian Inscriptions, No. viii, asoffering a vow to Tanith, or Anaitis. A similar name is found on the Sidonianinscription as that of the mother of Asman Azer, the King of Sidon.…
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