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, a See also:town of See also:Austria, in upper Austria, 11 m. by See also:rail S.E. of See also:Linz
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Pop
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(1900) 4371
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It is situated on the Enns near its confluence with the See also:Danube and possesses a 15th-See also:century See also:castle, an old See also:Gothic See also:
In 1275 it passed into the hands of See also:Rudolph of See also:Habsburg
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An encounter between the See also:French and the See also:Austrian troops took See also:place here on the 5th of See also:November 1805
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See also:ENOCH (Iiirt, lin, IJanOkh, Teaching or See also:Dedication)
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(I)
In Gen. iv
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17, 18 (J), the eldest son of See also:Cain, See also:born while
Cain was See also:building a See also:city, which he named after Enoch; nothing is known of the city
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(2) In Gen. v
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24, &c
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(P), seventh in descent from See also:Adam in the See also:line of See also:Seth; he " walked with See also:God," and after 365 years " was not for God took him." [(I) and (2) are often regarded as both corruptions of the seventh See also:primitive See also: 5 says Enoch " was not found, because God translated him." Later Jewish legends represented him as receiving revelations on See also:astronomy, &c., and as the first author; apparently following the Babylonian See also:account which makes Enmeduranki receive instruction in all See also:wisdom from the sun-god.' Two apocryphal See also:works written in the name of Enoch are extant, the See also:Book of Enoch, compiled from documents written 200–50 B.C., quoted as the See also:work of Enoch, See also:Jude 14 and 15; and the Book of the Secrets of Enoch, A.D . 1–50 . Cf . 1 Chron. i . 3; See also:Luke iii . 37; Wisdom iv . 7-14; Ecclus. xliv . 16, xlix . 14 . (3) Son, i.e. See also:clan, of See also:Midian, in Gen. See also:xxv . 4; I Chron. i . 33• (4) Son, i.e. clan, of See also:Reuben, E . V . Hanoch, Henoch, in Gen. xlvi . 9; Exod. vi . 14; Num. See also:xxvi . 5; I Chron. v . 3 . There may have been some See also:historical connexion between these two clans with identical names . ' See also:Eberhard See also:Schrader, See also:Die Keilinschriften and das A.T., 3rd ed., PP . 540 f . |
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