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CHAPTER XXIV.
history continued — correspondences with the
bible.
The Christian reader will need no apology for the
digression on chronology in the preceding chapter. The
verification of the Bible from the monuments of Egypt,
must depend upon the determination of chronological eras.
It should be borne in mind, however, that the confusion
and uncertainty on this subject belong only to the first
seventeen dynasties of Manetho's list. The empire of
Egypt is computed by the dynasties or the houses of its
kings. It will not surprise us that some of these dynasties
' were brief, or number but few royal names, when we con-
sider that within a little more than half a century France
has had two distinct Bourbon dynasties, and the dynasty of
Napoleon, besides two republics.
Egyptian history is divided into three grand epochs. The
old empire, from Menes till the invasion of the Shepherd
Icings; the middle empire, continuing while the Hyksos
held possession of Lower Egypt; and the new empire,
dating from the expulsion of- the Shepherds, when all
Egypt was reunited under the resplendent eighteenth dy-
nasty of Thebes. The chronological confusion which Mr.
Poole has so far adjusted, belongs entirely to the first two
epochs. We naturally look to the monuments of Egypt for
correspondences more or less full, with the brief allusions to
Egypt in Sacred Writ. Such correspondences are chiefly
history continued — correspondences with the
bible.
The Christian reader will need no apology for the
digression on chronology in the preceding chapter. The
verification of the Bible from the monuments of Egypt,
must depend upon the determination of chronological eras.
It should be borne in mind, however, that the confusion
and uncertainty on this subject belong only to the first
seventeen dynasties of Manetho's list. The empire of
Egypt is computed by the dynasties or the houses of its
kings. It will not surprise us that some of these dynasties
' were brief, or number but few royal names, when we con-
sider that within a little more than half a century France
has had two distinct Bourbon dynasties, and the dynasty of
Napoleon, besides two republics.
Egyptian history is divided into three grand epochs. The
old empire, from Menes till the invasion of the Shepherd
Icings; the middle empire, continuing while the Hyksos
held possession of Lower Egypt; and the new empire,
dating from the expulsion of- the Shepherds, when all
Egypt was reunited under the resplendent eighteenth dy-
nasty of Thebes. The chronological confusion which Mr.
Poole has so far adjusted, belongs entirely to the first two
epochs. We naturally look to the monuments of Egypt for
correspondences more or less full, with the brief allusions to
Egypt in Sacred Writ. Such correspondences are chiefly