: The Life of Abraham Lincoln from His Birth to His Inauguration as President by Lamon Ward Hill - Lincoln Abraham 1809-1865

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INTRODUCTION 1

EGYPT.

Historical Standard of Time--Short Date inconsistent with Evolution--Laws of Historical Evidence--History begins with Authentic Records--Records of Egypt oldest--Manetho's Lists--Confirmed by Hieroglyphics--Origin of Writing--The Alphabet--Phonetic Writing--Clue to Hieroglyphics--The Rosetta Stone--Champollion--Principles of Hieroglyphic Writing--Language Coptic--Can be read with certainty--Confirmed by Monuments--Manetho's Date for Menes 5004 B.C.--Old, Middle, and New Empires--Old Empire, Menes, to end of Sixth Dynasty--Break between Old and Middle Empires--Works of Twelfth Dynasty--Fayoum--Thirteenth and Fourteenth Dynasties--Hyksos Conquests--Duration of Hyksos Rule--Their Expulsion and Foundation of New Empire--Conquests in Asia of Seventeenth and Eighteenth Dynasties--Wars with Hittites and Assyrians--Persian and Greek Dynasties--Summary of Evidence for Date of Menes--Period prior to Menes--Horsheshu--Sphynx--Stone Age--Neolithic and Palaeolithic Remains--Horner, Haynes, and Pitt-Rivers 5

CHALDAEA.

OTHER HISTORICAL RECORDS.

ANCIENT RELIGIONS.

Egypt--Book of the Dead--Its Morality--Metaphysical Character--Origins of Religions--Ghosts--Animism--Astronomy and Astrology--Morality--Pantheism and Polytheism--Egyptian Ideas of Future Life and Judgment--Egyptian Genesis--Divine Emanations--Plurality of Gods and Animal Worship--Sun Worship and Solar Myths--Knowledge of Astronomy--Orientation of Pyramids--Theory of Future Life--the Ka--the Soul--Confession of Faith before Osiris.

Chaldaean Religion--Oldest Form Accadian--Shamanism--Growth of Philosophical Religion--Astronomy and Astrology--Accadian Trinities--Anu, Mull-il, Ea--Twelve great Gods--Bel-Ishtar--Merodach--Assur--Pantheism--Wordsworth--Magic and Omens--Penitential Psalms--Conclusions from 105

ANCIENT SCIENCE AND ART.

PREHISTORIC TRADITIONS.

THE HISTORICAL ELEMENT IN THE OLD TESTAMENT.

Moral and Religious distinct from Historical Inspiration--Myth and Allegory--The Higher Criticism--All Ancient History unconfirmed by Monuments untrustworthy--Cyrus--Old Testament and Monuments--Jerusalem--Tablet of Tell-el-Amarna--Flinders Petrie's Exploration of Pre-Hebrew Cities--Ramses and Pi-thom--First certain Synchronism Rehoboam--Composite Structure of Old Testament--Elohist and Jehovist--Priests' Code--Canon Driver--Results--Book of Chronicles--Methods of Jewish Historians--Post-Exilic References--Tradition of Esdras--Nehemiah and Ezra--Foundation of Modern Judaism--Different from Pre-Exilic--Discovery of Book of the Law under Josiah--Deuteronomy--Earliest Sacred Writings--Conclusions--Aristocratic and Prophetic Schools--Triumph of Pietism with Exile--Both compiled partly from Old Materials--Crudeness and Barbarism of Parts--Pre-Abrahamic Period clearly mythical--Derived from Chaldaea--Abraham--Unhistoric Character--His Age--Lot's Wife--His double Adventure with Sarah--Abraham to Moses--Sojourn in Egypt--Discordant Chronology--Josephus' Quotation from Manetho--Small Traces of Egyptian Influence--Future Life--Legend of Joseph--Moses--Osarsiph--Life of Moses full of Fabulous Legends--His Birth--Plagues of Egypt--The Exodus--Colenso--Contradictions and Impossibilities--Immoralities--Massacres--Joshua and the Judges--Barbarisms and Absurdities--Only safe Conclusion no History before the Monarchy--David and Solomon--Comparatively Modern Date 209

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