Thompson, Joseph P.: Photographic views of Egypt, past and present (Boston, 1854)

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viewed, his results, as he himself affirms, "vindicate the
Bible, showing that the monuments of Egypt in no manner,
on no point, contradict that sacred book, but confirm it."

The chronology of the Hebrew text, followed by Usher,
gives sixteen hundred and fifty-six years from the creation
to the deluge: that of the Septuagint gives for this period
two thousand two hundred and sixty-two years. Usher,
following the Hebrew, gives two hundred and ninety-two
years from the flood to Abraham, and four hundred and
seventy-nine years from the Exodus to the building of the
temple. Dr. Hales, following nearly the Septuagint, gives
for the former one thousand and two years, and for the
latter, six hundred and twenty-one. According to Usher,
the Creation was b. c. 4004: according to Hales, b. c. 5411.

Such are examples of the differences among learned men
with regard to the method and the extent of biblical chro-
nology. The subject is by no means settled. But the dis-
coveries of Mr. Poole, instead of being looked upon with
suspicion, when taken in connection with the oldest version
from the Hebrew Scriptures, should be welcomed as an ap-
proximation to the final and satisfactory settlement of this
vexed question.

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