Catalogue Entry: THEM00260

Miscellaneous draft portions of 'Theologiæ Gentilis Origines Philosophicæ'

Author: Isaac Newton

Source: Yahuda Ms. 16.2, National Library of Israel, Jerusalem, Israel

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[1] a Macrob. l. 2. Somn. Scip. c. 3.

[2] Præp. Evang. l.3 c.4.

[3] De Civit. Dei lib

[4] De Civit. Dei. 1

[Editorial Note 1] Supplied text following Knoespel's unpublished transcription.

[5] a Plin l 6. c 24

[6] b Herod. & Pomponius

[7] c Herod. et Diodorus

[8] d Heliodorus l 2.

[9] a

[10] b

[11] a Pind. Nem. O{d}. 11.

[12] ✝ Chamus

[13] a Vide Bochat. Geor. l. 1. c 1.

[14] b Steph

[15] b Vide Bochart. Geog l. 1. c. 1.

[16] a Steph

[Editorial Note 2] There follows a folio comprising two blank pages numbered '16ar' and '16av'.

[17] a Sync. p. 91.

[18] a Pli. lib. XXXIV l VII Arnob l. 3

[19] b Macrob. 1 Sat. c. 9

[20] a Plin. l. 6. c 24.

[21] b Herod. & Pomponiu{s}

[22] c Herod & Diodorus

[23] d Heliodorus l 2.

[24] a Hyginus loco infra citato

[25] a Vide Bochart. Geogr. l 1. c 12 & l 2. c 14.

[26] a Diodor. l. 3

[27] ✝ Mag vel Magæ

[28] ✝Thooth

[29] Plutarch, in Iside Diodorus l. 1. Herod. l. 2.

[30] Metam. l. 5

[31] a Plut. Isid.

[32] b Vide etiam Herod l 2 et Clement. Alexandr. Strom. 5.

[33] The contents of this note are only visible in the diplomatic transcript because they were deleted on the original manuscript

[34] c Herod. l. 2

[35] a Moschus in Europa.

[36] b Diodor. l. 1

[37] Euseb. Chron.

[38] d l 14. Noct. Att. c 21.

[39] g Diod. l 5

[40] h in Iside

[41] i Geor l. 1

[42] k Macrob Saturnal. l. 1. c. 17.

[43] The contents of this note are only visible in the diplomatic transcript because they were deleted on the original manuscript

[44] b Diod. l 3.

[45] b Diodor. l. 1.

[46] c Plin. l. 6. c. 30

[47] e lib 1. Hieroglyph.

[48] f Hesiod. Theogon.

[49] a in Ἀτλαντικὰ

[50] b

[51] c l 15 p 689

[52] a Vide Bochart Geogr. l. 4. c. 52.

[53] ✝ Thooth

[54] a lib 2

[55] b lib 1

[56] c De Iside.

[57] d Saturnal. l. 1. c. 21

[58] a.

[59] a Plutarch, in Iside

[60] a Plutarch, in Iside

[Editorial Note 3] Folio 45 is blank apart from the page numbers '45r' and '45v'.

[61] a lib. 1

[62] a Apud Euseb. in Chronicis

[63] b Antiq. l. 1. c 4.

[64] c Vide ἔργων lib. 1.

[65] d

[66] e

[67] apud Cyrillum Alexandr. l. 1 contr. Iul.

[68] a apud Eusebium Chronicis

[69] b anti. l 1 c 4

[70] c Vide ἔργων lib. 1.

[71] d Diod. lib. 1.

[72] e Antiq l 1. c. 4.

[73] a Apud Euseb. Præp Evangel. l 9. c. 12

[Editorial Note 4] Supplied reading following Knoespel's unpublished transcription.

[74] a Apud Euseb. Præp Evang. l 9. c 15.

[75] ✝l. 1.

[75] ✝ l. 1.

[76] ✝l. 1.

[76] ✝ l. 1.

[77] a Diodor. l. 3

[78] a Sanchoniatho apud Euseb. Evang. l

[79] {illeg}

[80] d Macrob. Saturnal l. 1. c. 7.

[81] e Macrob. Saturnal. l 1. c7

[82] e Macrob. Saturnal. l 1. c7

[83] l Dionys. Halicar. l. 1.

[84] t Vide

[85] m Plutarch. Quæst. Rom.

[86] m Plutarch. Quæst. Rom.

[87] g Trogus apud Iustin. l. 43

[88] h Diodor. l 5 Bibliothecæ. Aurel: Victor.

[89] i Macrob. Saturnal l. 1. c. 9

[90] k Plutarch. quæst. Rom.

[91] i Macrob. Saturnal l. 1. c. 9

[92] ✝ Chamus

[93] a Vide Bochart. Geogr. l. 1. c. 1

[94] b Steph.

[95] f Plutarch. in Osiride

[96] g Psal. 78. 51 & 105. 23

[97] a Plin. l. 6. c. 24

[98] b Herod. et Pomponius

[99] Herod. et Diodor.

[100] d Heliodorus l. 2

[101] b Thebarum pars est in Arabia ubi et Vrbs; pars etiam in ulteriore ripa ubi Memnonium. Strabo l. 17. p 816.

[102] c Vide

[103] a Cicer de nat. Deor. p. 245.

[104] b Lucian in Hercule Gallico.

[105] c Diodor

[106] d Homer. {ι}λ. ε Apollodorus l. 1.

[107] a Plutarch in Iside

[108] b Vide etiam Herod. l. 2 et Clement. Alexandr.Strom. 5.

[109] c Lucian. de Sallatione

[110] ✝ Cæsar Comment. l. >

[111] a Diodor. l. 1

[112] a Messniac p. 262.

[113] ✝ apud Euseb. Pr. Evang. l. 9. c. 17.

[114] ✝ apud Euseb. Pr. Evang. l. 9. c. 17.

[115] d Dom. Mar. Niger Geog. Asiæ Com 5.

[116] Diod. l. 2

[117] a Strabo Geog. l. 15 λέγονται δὲ κίσσιοι ὁι Σούσιοι

[118] b.

[119] c Gen 2. 13

[120] ✝ Vt Thebæ ab Osiride et Bubaste in inferiori Ægypto ab Iside.

[121] a Diodor. l. 3

[122] b

[123] ✝ Supra

[124] Diod. l. 1

[125] Diod. l. 1

[126] Diod lib. 1

[127] l lege Thooth

[128] a

[129] b Plutarch

[130] c

[131] a

[132] ✝ Euseb. chron l. 1

[133] ✝ Porph. apud Euseb. Pr. Evang. l. 3. c. II

[134] Macrob. l. 1. Saturn c. 20

[135] Plutarch. de Iside

[136] Tertul. ad Nationes l. 2. p. 71.

[137] Min. Fel. p. 59 Euseb. Chron. l. 1. gr.

[138] Plutarch. de Iside.

[139] c Vide Marsham Chron secul 1.

[140] f. Euseb. Pr. Ev l. 1. p. 32.

[141] r. Syncel. p. 54

[142] s. Euseb.Pr. Ev. l. 3

[143] t Plutarch Isid. p. 371.

[144] v Ælian. Hist. l. 10.

[145] g Diodor. l. 1

[146] g. Diodor. l. 1

[147] b Diod. l. 1 p

[148] c Hesiod. Theogon

[149] e Huet. in Oris

[150] a Quod Canaan sit etiam Busiris. & canobus & Proteus Et quomodo Cham divisit regnum suum inter filios.

[150] a Diodor. l. 1. p. 15 Euseb. Præp Ev. l 2. c. 1

[151] b Ita Diodorus et alij quamvis Strabo Busiris ullum regnasse omnino neget

[152] d Plutarch. in Iside.

[153] r. s. in canones regum apud Syncellum

[154] b de incredibilibus fab. 29. Vide et Homer. Odyss. l. 4. De his omnibus consule Natalem Com. lib. 8. c. 8

[155] f Diodor. l. 1. p. a.

[156] g Vide locum ab Fr. Patricio in ejus Hernete citatum

[157] g Vide locum ab Fr. Patricio in ejus Hernete citatum

[158] a Diodor l 3. p 190.

[159] a Antipater Tarcensis apud Vossium l. 1 de Idololat. c. 23

[160] b Diodor.

[161] c Diodor ib

[162] d Diodor ib

[163] e Sanchoniatho apud Euseb. l 1. Pr. Ev. c. 10.

[164] f Diodor. alic.

[165] h Lucian de Dea Syria

[166] k Ovid Metam lib 16

[167] k Ovid Metam lib 16

[168] k Ovid Metam lib 16

[169] a Diodor. l. 2. p 93 & 107.

[170] a Diodor. l. 2. p 93 & 107.

[171] a Diodor. l. 2. p 93 & 107.

[172] f Diodor. l. 2. p 101.

[173] a Diodor. l. 2. p 93 & 107.

[174] a Diodor. l. 2. p 93 & 107.

[175] d ib p 95

[176] d ib p 95

[177] b Lucian de Dea Syria

[178] Diodorus l. 2. p 92 & Græcus Arati interpres ubi de piscium signo tractat

[179] d Pausan. Atti c. p. 12.

[180] e Diodor. l. 2 p 107.

[181] f Plutarch. in amatorio prope initium.

[182] f Plutarch. in amatorio prope finem.

[183] p. Athenag. Legat. pro Chr. circa finem p. 121.

[184] q. Suidas in Semiramide.

[185] g Diodor. l. 2 pag. 92 & 107

[186] h Lucianus in Iove Tragædo

[187] k Lucian de Dea Syria Diodor. l. 2. p. 107 Ovid Metam. l. 4. fab. 3.

[188] a in Αφροδίτη

[189] g

[190] k. de errore profan. relig. . cap. 4

[191] n. Vide Maimonidem in More Nebuchim part. 3. cap. 38.

[192] b de Dea Syria

[193] d Apud Plinium Nat hist. l. 7. c. 56.

[194] in Semiramide

[195] a Natalis comes l. 4. c. 13. p. 386.

[196] b Ovid. Metam. lib. 10.

[197] c Iulius Firmicus de errore profan. relig.

[198] Dorion apud Natal. Com l. 7. c. 13

[199] a

[200] b Beda in libro de temporibus

[201] k. Dorion apud Natal. Com. l. 7 c. 13. Heraclitus de incredibilibus Fab. 14.

[202] b Etymolog. magn

[203] ✝ Apud Euseb Præpar. l. 9. c. 27.

[204] a Manetho apud Iosephum cont. Apion. l. 1 p 1040. Vide Marshami Chron Can.

[205] a Diodor. l. 2. p. 92.

[206] b Diodor. l. 2. p. 93

[207] c Legat. pro Christ circa finem p. 121.

[208] b Dorion apud Natal. Com. l. 7. c. 13.

[209] a Herod. l. 2

[210] a Herod. l. 2

[211] lib. 3 de nat. deor.

[212] a Herod. l. 2

[213] c Diodor p. 22. a.

[214] Dionys. Halic. l. 4 Antiq. Horat in carm. seculari in Apollinem et Dianam.

[215] b Dionys. Halic. l. 4 Antiq. Horat in carm. Sæculari in Apol. & Dian.

[216] aa apud Euseb. Pr. Evang. l. 1. c 10 et in Iside

[217] a Arnob. adv. gentes l. 4.

[218] b Arnb ib. Clem Alex. adm. ad Gent. p. 17

[219] d Herod. l. 2

[220] a Arnob. adv. gentes l. 4.

[221] e ib.

[222] Chamus

[223] f Plutarch in Osiris

[224] g Psal. 78.51. & 105.23

[225] p Plutarch

[226] p Plutarch

[226] p Plutarch in Iside.

[227] q Diodor l. 1. p. 18, p 19

[228] p Plutarch

[228] p Plutarch in Iside.

[229] p Plutarch

[229] p Plutarch in Iside.

[230] q Diodor l. 1. p. 18, p 19

[231] p Plutarch in Iside.

[232] q Diodor l. 1. p. 18, p 19

[233] q Diodor l. 1. p. 18, p 19

[234] Editorial Note: This Note Empty

[235] b Herod. l. 2

[236] a lib. 3.

[237] c Diodor. l. 1. p. 21. a

[238] p Plutarch in Iside.

[239] q Diodor l. 1. p. 18, p 19

[240] p Plutarch in Iside.

[241] q Diodor l. 1. p. 18, p 19

[242] p Plutarch in Iside.

[243] p Plutarch in Iside.

[244] a

[245] b Diodor. l. 1. p. 13 d

[246] c Diodor 2. 1. p. 18. a

[247] d Socrates apud Platonem in Phadro, p. 124

[248] f Supra.

[249] g Sanchoniatho apud Euseb. Pr. Ev. l. 1. c

[249] g Diodor l. 1. p. 22 & p. 41

[250] r Lucian in sacrificijs

[251] Diodor. l. 1 p. 24.

[252] k k Lucianus in Imaginibus

[253] n Diodor. l. 1. p. 77.

[254] a Herod. l. 2

[255] b Clem. Alexandr. adm. ad Gent. p. 11.

[256] c Agatharcides apud Photium p. 1334. Apollodor l. 1. c. 1. Homer ιλ. 15 Palæphatus de Fab. nar. l. 1. ubi de Saturno

[257] d Apollodor. l. 1. c. 1 Pausan. Lacon in medio p. 86.

[258] e

[259] f Diodor l 1 p 22 & l. 3 p. 190, 191

[260] g

[261] Apollodor. l. 1. c 1

[262]

i Suidas in Ἥφαιστοσ

i Suidas in Ἥφαιστοσ

[263] f Diodor l 1 p 22 & l. 3 p. 190, 191

[264] f Diodor l 1 p 22 & l. 3 p. 190, 191

[265] p Pausan. Attic

[266] a in cœlum reducit Pausan. Attic. ante medium

[267] b Clem. Alexandr. adm. ad Gent. p. 11.

[268] k Hæc Sanchoniatho de Saturno illo qui pater erta Minervæ et Plutonis, id est Chaldaico.

[269] a Apollodor. l. 1. c. 1

[270] Albricus de Deor. imagin. in Vulcano

[271] p Pausan. Attic

[272] p. lib. 1. c. 1.

[273] q lib. 3

[274] d Diodor. lib. 3

[275] a Hesiod. Theog Phurnutus de nat. Deor. in Prometheo. Pausanias Attic. in medio. p. 20.

[276] c Hesiod. ἔργα

[277] g Phurnutus de Nat. Deor. in Marte et enyo

[278] Homer ιλ. Β. v. 750.

[279] a Plutarch. in Sertorio. Strabo l 17 p 819

[280] d Homer. ιλ. Β

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