The Historical instructor : Containing ingenious answers to many notable questions of several wonderful matters in antient history. As, what is the opinion of our historians about the apple old mother eve tempted Adam with. Why the devil should take the shape of a serpent. Of the building of the tower of Babel, nine miles round by-five hundred, thousand men, who left off, being confounded in their languages, also several questions about Sodom and Gomorrah, Noah's ark, and Solomon's temple; informing us, from scripture, what day that was that the like was never before, nor shall be again. A full account of the destruction of Jerusalem, and how the Jews were dispersed and scattered over the face of the earth. Josephus's and the Romans account of Our Saviour, and the miricles, [sic] wrought at his birth; with a wonderful apparition that appeared at Mahomet's tomb. The wonderful prophecies of the ten sibyls. A marvelous relation of the seven sleepers, who slept above two hundred years.

Format:

Book

Standardized Title:

Historical catechism.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

History, Ancient--Early works to 1800.

History, Ancient.

Genre:

Questions and answers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (24p. )

Other Title:

Historical instructor

Place of Publication:

Jeurslem : Printed by John Tregortha, M.DCC.XCVII. [1797]

Notes:

At head of title: (Licensed and entered according to order.).

First published as 'An historical catechism'.

Reproduction of original from National Library of Scotland.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T194097.

OCLC:

509563830