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Specimen Page of the ILLUSTRATED BIBLE TREASURY. Copyrighted by Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1896.
MONUMENTAL TESTIMONY TO THE OLD TESTAMENT.
MONUMENTAL TESTIMONY TO THE OLD TESTAMENT.
BY PROFESSOR A. H. SAYCE, LL.D.
PART II.
(Continued from page 43.)
CHUSHAN-RISHATHAIM’S CONQUEST OF ISRAEL.—We have learned from the Tel el-Amarna tablets that Palestine had been invaded by the forces of Aram-naharaim (A.V. “Mesopotamia”) more than once, long before the Exodus, and that at the time they were written, the king of Aram-naharaim was still intriguing in Canaan. It is mentioned among the countries which took part in the attack upon Egypt in the reign of Ramses III. (of the Twentieth Dynasty), but as its king is not one of the princes stated to have been conquered by the Pharaoh, it would seem that he did not actually enter Egypt. As the reign of Ramses III. corresponds with the Israelitish occupation of Canaan, it is probable that the Egyptian monuments refer to the oppression of the Israelites by Chushan-rishathaim. Canaan was still regarded as a province of Egypt, so that, in attacking it, Chushan-rishathaim would have been considered to be attacking Egypt.
SHISHAK’S INVASION OF JUDAH.—Shishak (Shashang in Egyptian), the founder of the Egyptian Twenty-second Dynasty, has given on the southern wall of the temple of Karnak, a list of the places he captured in Palestine.
A remarkable feature of this book is the immense
ILLUSTRATED BIBLE TREASURY
Containing, illustrative of the text, over 350 illustrations, the larger part being fine half-tones, printed on a high-grade paper, thus bringing out clearly and beautifully the effects of this class of work. There are upwards of 30 full-page and over 100 half-page and two-thirds-page illustrations. In this part are sections on the Old Testament, side-lights being brought in from history and explorations; the New Testament; History and Chronology of the Bible; Geography of Bible Lands; Treasury of Bible Science, treating of the Astronomy of the Bible, Birds, Mammals, Minerals, Plants, Reptiles, Fishes, etc., Calendars, Weights, Measures, etc., all copiously illustrated,—in short, a
BIBLE DICTIONARY
An entirely new and exceedingly valuable feature is the
COMBINED BIBLE CONCORDANCE
which includes, in one alphabetical list, a Concordance, Subject Index, and Dictionary of Proper Names. This must be seen to be appreciated.
Besides the above is a fine set of MAPS, with complete INDEX, thus making
Over 650 Pages of Valuable Bible Helps
Described as a whole, this Bible is a Teachers’ Edition, minion type (the style most used), divinity circuit, round corners, red under gold edges, with the cover leather lined to edges—an important adjunct to the substantial nature of the binding.
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