CONTENTS. VOLUME 1. THE TREATISE. INTRODUCTION. CHAPTER PAGE 1. Scope, Method, Standpoint and Sources 13 Other Texts and Versions 15 Ancient Literary Remains 16 Ancient Monumental Inscriptions 26 Classic Literature of Greece and Rome 28 Astronomical Observations and Calculations 34 Ancient and Modern Chronologers 35 2. Trustworthiness of Testimony 55 3. Canons of Credibility 58 PERIOD I. - THE PATRIARCHS - Genesis. 4. Ante-diluvian Patriarchs: Adam to Noah 62 5. Noah-Shem Connection: Noah's age at Shem's birth 67 6. Comparative Chronology: Adam to Noah 73 The Hebrew, the LXX. and the Samaritan Version 74 Theophilus, Africanus and Josephus 74 7. Post-diluvian Patriarchs: Shem to Abraham 76 8. Terah-Abraham Connection : Terah's age at Abram's birth 78 9. Comparative Chronology: Shem to Abraham 79 The Hebrew, the LXX. and the Samaritan Version 80 Theophilus, Africanus, Eusebius and Josephus 80 Evolution and the Origin of Man 88 Archaeology and the Antiquity of Man 92 Biblical Criticism and the Early History of Man 106 10. Hebrew Patriarchs: Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and Joseph 113 11. Joseph-Moses Connection: Joseph's death to Moses' birth 124 12. Comparative Chronology: Abraham to Moses 125 Egypt : The Mereuptah Stele 127 Babylon: The Khammurabi Stele 130 PERIOD II. - THE THEOCRACY - Exodus to 1 Samuel 7. 13. Israel in Egypt from Moses' birth to the Exodus 132 14. The Forty Years in the Wilderness 133 15. Seven Years' War: Entry into Canaan to Division of Land 135 16. Joshua-Judges Connection: Division of Land to Cushan 137 17. The Judges, including Samuel 146 18. Eli-Saul Connection: Eli's death to Saul's election 149 19. Comparative Chronology: Moses to Samuel 152 The 480 years of 1 Kings 6:1 154 Egypt: The Pharaoh of the Exodus 160 12 PERIOD III. - THE MONARCHY - Samuel 8 to 2 Kings 23. 20. Saul, David and Solomon 164 2I. Israel and Judah to the Fall of Samaria 169 First Period : Rehoboam to Jehu 177 Second Period : Jehu to the Fall of Samaria 182 22. Judah from the Fall of Samaria to the Captivity 188 23. Comparative Chronology: Saul to the Captivity 190 Egypt The Shishak Inscription at Karnak 191 Moab: The Moabite Stone 193 Assyria : The Assyrian Cuneiform Inscriptions 195 Shalmaneser II (III) 196 Tiglath-pileser III (IV) 199 Shalmaneser IV (V) 205 Sargon II 205 Sennacherib 210 Esar-haddon 215 Ashur-bani-pal 217 The Assyrian Eponym Canon 219 PERIOD IV. - GENTILE DOMINION - 2 Kings 24 to Esther. 24. The Captivity 222 25. The Return 232 Cyrus 237 Ahasuerus (Ezra 4) = Cambyses 239 Artaxerxes (Ezra 4) = Pseudo-Smerdis 239 Darius Hystaspes=Artaxerxes (Ezra 6-Neh. 13)=Ahasuerus(Est) 240 26. Comparative Chronology : The Captivity and the Return 257 The Egibi Tablets 258 The Nabonidus Cylinder 258 The Cyrus Tablet and the Cyrus Cylinder 259 The Great Behistun Inscription of Darius Hystaspes 260 Later Persian Inscriptions 261 Josephus 263 The Old Testament Apocrypha 267 Greek writers : Herodotus, Ctesias and Xenophon 267 Darius Hystaspes = Artaxerxes (Ezra 6 - Neh. 13) 269 Darius Hystaspes = Ahasuerus (Est.) 272 CONCLUSION. 27. Messiah's birth according to Daniel 275 28. Comparative Chronology:Messiah's birth according to Ptolemy 284 INDEX 294 SCRIPTURE REFERENCES 299
