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By A. H. Sayce
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This study reconstructs the origins of the Hebrew people through archaeological evidence, assessing biblical narratives against cuneiform inscriptions and material discoveries. It surveys the patriarchal era, the traditions of Moses and the Exodus, settlement in Canaan, subsequent monarchies, and later Hellenistic interactions, and examines Egyptian sources including Herodotus's accounts. The work critiques literary higher criticism, advocates a historical-comparative method, and presents archaeological corroboration for names and events long regarded as doubtful, supplemented by appendices discussing inscriptions, weights, and textual parallels.

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Title: The early history of the Hebrews

Author: A. H. Sayce

Release date: February 8, 2025 [eBook #75324]

Language: English

Original publication: London: Rivingtons, 1897

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The Early History of the Hebrews

BY THE SAME AUTHOR

Second Edition. Crown 8vo. 7s. 6d.

THE EGYPT OF THE HEBREWS AND HERODOTOS

Contents.—The Patriarchal Age—The Age of Moses—The Exodus—-The Hebrew Settlement in Canaan—The Age of the Israelitish Monarchies—The Age of the Ptolemies—Herodotos in Egypt—In the Steps of Herodotos—Memphis and the Fayyûm—Appendices—Index.

‘Professor Sayce has written a charming work, which every lover of Egypt will fly to. He makes the old Egypt live again with all the vitality of accurate research and of sympathetic explanation; he has produced one of the most readable, useful, and instructive books we have ever read.’—Church Bells.

‘Professor Sayce has a story of singular fascination to tell. Every person interested intelligently in Holy Scripture should make it a matter of duty to read this book.’—Yorkshire Post.

‘Truly a valuable addition to existing works on Egypt.’—Western Morning News.

‘On the whole, we know of no more useful handbook to Egyptian history, summing up in a popular form in a short compass the results of Egyptian research down to the present time.’—Church Times.

LONDON: RIVINGTONS

THE EARLY HISTORY OF THE HEBREWS
BY
The Rev. A. H. SAYCE
PROFESSOR OF ASSYRIOLOGY AT OXFORD
AUTHOR OF ‘EGYPT OF THE HEBREWS AND HERODOTOS’
RIVINGTONS
KING STREET, COVENT GARDEN
LONDON
1897
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