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The Romance of Bible Chronology THE ROMANCE OF BIBLE CHRONOLOGY An exposition of the meaning, and demonstration of the truth, of every Chronological statement contained in the Hebrew text of the Old Testament By Rev Martin Anstey B.D., M.A. (LONDON) Marshall Brothers, Ltd London, Edinburgh and New York 1913 Digitised by Steven Whitehead Prepared for PDF in A5 format by Peter Bluer 5 THE ROMANCE OF BIBLE CHRONOLOGY VOLUME I THE TREATISE. BY THE REV. MARTIN ANSTEY, B.D., M.A. (London) MARSHALL BROTHERS, LTD., LONDON, EDINBURGH AND NEW YORK. 1913. Dedication. To my dear Friend REV. G. CAMPBELL MORGAN, D.D. to whose inspiring Lectures on "THE DIVINE LIBRARY IN HUMAN HISTORY" I trace the inception of these pages, and whose intimate knowledge and unrivalled exposition of the Written Word makes audible in human ears the Living Voice of the Living God, I DEDICATE THIS BOOK. THE AUTHOR. October 3rd, 1913. 6 FOREWORD. BY REV. G. CAMPBELL MORGAN, D. D. It is with pleasure, and yet with reluctance, that I have consented to preface this book with any words of mine. The reluctance is due to the fact that the work is so lucidly done, that any setting forth of the method or purpose by way of introduction would be a work of supererogation. The pleasure results from the fact that the book is the outcome of our survey of the Historic movement in the redeeming activity of God as seen in the Old Testament, in the Westminster Bible School. While I was giving lectures on that subject, it was my good fortune to have the co-operation of Mr. Martin Anstey, in a series of lectures on these dates. My work was that of sweeping over large areas, and largely ignoring dates. He gave his attention to these, and the result is the present volume, which is invaluable to the Bible Teacher, on account of its completeness and detailed accuracy. Bible study is the study of the Bible. There are many methods and departments; none is without value; all of them, when done thoroughly rather than superficially, tend to the deepening of conviction as to the accuracy of the records. In no case is this more marked than in departments which are incidental than essential. If, in such a matter as that of dates - which seems to be purely inci- dental, and is of such a general nature that few have taken the trouble to pay particular attention to it - the method of careful study shows that these appar- ently incidental references are nevertheless accurate and harmonious, then a testimony full of value is borne to the integrity of the writings. To this work Mr. Anstey has given himself, with great care, and much scholarship. The results are full of fascination, and are almost startling in their revelation of the har- mony of the Biblical scheme. The method has been that of independent study of the writings themselves with an open mind, and determination to hide nothing, and to explain nothing away. The careful and patient student is the only person who will be able to appreciate the value of this work; and all such will come to its study with thankfulness to the Author; and having minds equally open and honest, will be able to verify or correct. In this process I venture to affirm that corrections will be few, and the verifica- tion constant. WESTMINSTER CHAPEL, BUCKINGHAM GATE, S.W., October 11th, 1913. 7 ο τολµτολµωωωωνν τι παραλασσειν ττωωωωνν γεγραµµενγεγραµµενωωωωνν απ ’ αργαργηηηησ,σ, ουκ εν οδοδϖϖϖϖ αληαληθθθθειαειαειαειαςςςς ισταται. He who attempts to alter any part of the Scriptures, from indolence or incapacity, stands not in the path of Truth. Epiphanius Against Heresies, Book I. 8 PREFACE BY THE AUTHOR. THE Studies embodied in the following pages have been undertaken with a view to ascertaining and exhibiting the exact chronological relation of every dated event recorded in the Old Testament. The object of the writer is the production of a Standard Chronology, which shall accurately represent the exact date at which each event took place, so far as this can be ascertained from the statements contained in the text itself. No other dates are given. All merely approximate or estimated dates are omit- ted as inexact. All merely probable or conjectural dates, inferred from specu- lative reconstructions of the historical situation, and not guaranteed by the words of the text, are rejected as unverifiable. All dates certainly known, but derived from other sources - such as profane history and modern discovery are excluded from the Chapters on the Chronology of the Old Testament. They appear only in the Chapters on Comparative Chronology and in the Chronological Tables (Vol. II). The Chronology adopted in these pages is supported by Josephus, but does not lean upon him. It is, to some extent, confirmed by the results of modern discovery, as tabulated in the Guides to the Babylonian, Assyrian, and Egyptian Antiquities published by the Authori- ties of the British Museum, but it stands upon its own foundation, and is de- pendent upon none of them. Chronology is a branch of History. As such it is governed by the laws which determine the validity of the results reached by the process of scientific inves- tigation and historical enquiry. It is also a branch of Applied Mathematics, and Mathematics is an exact Sci- ence. In a truly scientific Chronology there is no room for any date which is not demonstrably true. This view of the limits of the subject accounts for the absence of the note of interrogation (?) after any date in the Chronological Tables, and for the somewhat dogmatic or Euclidian tone in which the conclu- sions reached by this method are expressed. Like Mathematics, Chronology has its axioms, its postulates, and its defini- tions, of which the most important and the most fundamental is the trustwor- thiness of the testimony of honest, capable, and contemporary witnesses, like that of the men whose testimony is preserved in the Records of the Old Tes- tament. 9 10 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 11 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 12 INTRODUCTION. CHAPTER I. - SCOPE, METHOD, STANDPOINT AND SOURCES. THE purpose of the present work is to construct a Standard Chronology of the period covered by the writings of the Old Testament. In addition to the Hebrew Massoretic Text of the Old Testament, there are many other sources affording data for the construction of a Chronology of this period, of which the principal may be classified as follows:- 1.
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