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OF EGYPTIAN AND BABYLONIAN RE- SEARCH TO THE VERACITY OF THE PENTATEUCH

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A Course of Addresses Delivered in Peter's Cathedral by Kev, T,H Hunt,

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THE EXODUS.

Last week. I gave a brief survey of the lives and adventures of the Patriarcha, bringing itdown abouttothe time when Jacob avd bis family went down into Kgypt. Now the account in the latter end of Genesis of their stay there is very brief, and between Genesis and Exodus there is a break of two to four hundred years. But in this brief account there are several points which are known to be strikingly in accord with Ezyptian ways and habits of thought. For instance, among the Egyptiacs great importance was attributed todreams. They were looked upon asa means of personal intercourse with the deity. By sleeping in a temple it was thought that true answers would be re- ceived from the godin dreams. Some-~ times, though not usually, the dreamer applied to a special interpreter to explain his dream, i. e., when hecould not un derstand it himself. This belief in pro- phetic dreams extended to other countries, but Egypt was ite centre. You will, of course, be reminded of the dreams of the chief butler and thechief baker and of that of the Pharaoh himself, which were interpreted by Joseph. The smalier touches of the etory of Joseph,—tow he shaved himself before going in to the king, the connection of “kine” with the Nile and the Egyptian words and names introduced are, we are fold, strikingly correct. As for the general history of Egypt, it fits in with the Bible account very well. Iv ia well known, a¢I mentioned last week, that at the time of Joseph’s sale into Egypt it was governed by a foreign line of kings, at least im the northern part. These kings reruained in power altogether,we are told, for nine hundred years. During the time which Israel spent in Egypt chese foreigners were at length driven out and the native line of kings restored. When this took place, of course those foreigners whom the expelled kings had favored would be objects of hatred and distrust to the new kings. Thisis probably what | the book cf Exodus describes as the rise of a new king “who knew not Joseph,” Israel, in Egypt, as the Bible tells us, lived in the land of Goshen. The Egypt Exploration Fund has produced within the last dozen years or so, the evidence which shows us where Gushen was. Ata place now known as Saft.el-Henneh, in the delta of the Nile about one hundred miles northwest of Suez, monuments were

found which told what the old name of the place was, Its religious name was Pi-Sopd, the house of the god Sopd, while its every day name was Kosem, i,e.,Goshen, ln these hieroglyphic texts, Kosem represerie not only the town, but alsothe district, aad | ite limits are chere described. Au Egyptian document of about the time of the Exodus speaks of this region in these terms: “The country around is not cultivated, but left as pasture for cattle because of the stran - ers.” This looks like a reference to the Israelites and their trade of keeping cattle. Anyhow, it shows that in that age the dis- trict was used for pasturage, which is just what Genesia tells us, and it aleo shows that the population, up to tbat time, con- sisted of shepherds from Asia,

As to the Exodus itself, its position in Egyptian history can now be pretty well fixed. Weare told that when the Ieraelites were reduced to slavery by the Egyptians, they built the cities of Pithom and Rame~ ees. This latter name indicates the date. The first Pharaeh to bear the name of Rameees began to reign about 1375 B. C. (Sayce). He, however, reigned only about two years. His grandson, Rameses Il, was the great builder of those days. During his lomg reign of sixty-seven years, be filled the eountry with buildings, statues etc. He rebuili Zoan, and al: though tbis city of Rameses, mentioned in Exodus, bas not yet been discovered, it is known from inscriptions that there were at leasttwo places of the name in the Delta of the Nile, one of them net far from Goshen. Pithom, however, is known. The digcoyerer was fed toi siteby a passage on a monument found during the construction of the Suez canal’ The town which bore the sacred name Pi Tum, “the bouse offum,” i. e. Pithom was a few miles to the S. W. of the modern town of Somailia on the Suez canal. Its civil name was Thuku or Thuket which some consider to be the same asthe Succoth of Exodus, the Hebrewa having given the piaeea name in their own language which sounded something like its native name. This town was built, so the inscriptions say, in the reign of Rameses I], who was therefore the Pharaoh of the Oppression. His son Meneptah is usually considered to have beeu the Pharaoh of the Exodus, Intbeearly part of this king’s reigo a great confederacy of tribes from the north including Sicilians, Sardinians, etc. invaded Egypt, but were overthrown ina great battle. This invasion is curiously mixed up in the Egyptian tradition of the Exodus preserved by Josephus with the departure of the Israelites. There it is eaid that the king (Meneptab) collected 80,000 persons, called “leprous” and “ime pure” from various parts of Egypt and set them to work in the quarries. These people were later removed toan abandon ed town where they rebellel and sent to Jeru salem for assistance. When this arrived they drove out the Pharaoh and governed the country for thirteen years after which they were themselves driven out and pursu ed toSyria. This etory*at least shows that there Was some remembrance of a lot of foreignere having left Egypt in that reigu. It may be remarked that the word translat-

applied in the Egyptiau inscriptions to foreigners.

It has sometimes been thought strange that there has been found no reference to the Exodus on the Egyptian monuments. It is not, however, strange at all. Leaving out ofaccount that ancient nations were even more reluctant than moderns to chrosicle their own misfortunes or defeats, it must be remembered that the Hebrews would be regarded by the Egyptians mere- ly a8 a wandering tribe of shepherds from Arabia such as they had long been ac- customed to see on their easteru borders. Toe oppression of Israel was simply a scheme for breaking down their free spirit and reducing them to the condition of public slaves. The feeling of the people of modern Egyptis said to be much the eame towards the Arabs of today. The Kxodus of Israel was not a surprising event in itself. In the early part of the present century Mohammed Ali planted the dis-~ trict anciently known as Goshen with mulberry trees, in order to introduce the manufacture of silk into Egvpt. He attracted large bodies of Arabs there to look after his new industry,pomising tt em pasture lands, freedom from taxes, and from serving in the army. They lived there for many years, but wLen Mohammed Ali died,the government tried to take away their privileges. They protested, but with outavail. So one night the whole popu- latiun moved away with flocks and herds ; went off to their own country, and left the whole district desolat? and uninhabited. This is, to all intents and purposes jjust what happened in the case of the Israel- ites three thousand years before.

On the little maps bound up with some editions of the Bible you will find the course pursued by the Israelites after leaving Egypt marked out by a line, It is only right to say that this is very Jargely guess- work. Most of these maps, that I have seeen seem to have been made before the site of any of the places mentioned io Exodus had been at all satisfactorily set- tled,and even now it is imposaible to settle their route beyond a doubt. We can, bow- ever. tell something of it. The discovery of the situation of Goshen and Pithom gives a starting point, and if Thuku is Succoth the first part of the journey was along where the Freshwater canal now runs. They were still however within the lL ne of fortifications which the Semitic peoples called the Shur or “wall,” Through this there were two roids. One led along the coastofthe Mediterranean tothe cities of the Philistines. This is “the way of the Philistines” which the Teraslites did not take.

An Egyptian writing of about tbat time, speaks of a fcrtrees in the desert called Rames Meri-Amon. Now the word ren~ dered fortress is Kbetem which is held by some scholara to be the Etham of Exodus. If so, we have another point on the joura- ey fixed. As for Pi-Hahiroth Migdol and Baal Zephon, it is impossible, yet to identify them, There was more than one Migdol as the inscriptions tell us, and as the word means “cower” there may have been a dozen. Inetead of Pi-Hahiroth the LXX

translation made, in Egypt, has “the farmstead” which, according to the in- scriptions, was near the laud of Thuku. (Succoth.) The place where the Israel-

ites crossed the sea is as yet unknown,

It is commonly supposed to have been somewhere to the north of Suez, but there

are pretty strong srgoments against this.

In fact, when they turned at Etham we do not kuow whether they marched north or south. This however, is a point which

may be settled any dar by evidence which

will show where either Pi-Hahiroth or Baal Zephon was, The latter name has been found in an ancient MS., but with no hint of its situation. In may be mentioned, in passing, that Exodus does

not ‘say that the Pharaoh bimee!f was drowned in trying to pass the sea, but only that that dieaster betell his army. I: seems to be impossible to be sure about the exact route followed immediately after that event. The traditions as to the places next mentioned are not very old. Prof

Sayce says they arose since the time of St. Paul. Even the situation of the mount known as Sinai is not absolutely certain. But before I close,there is just one point in the subsequent story to which I must refer. {t ia the visit, of Jethro “the priest of Mid :~ an.” I: is known that in very early times at least one nation in southern Arabia was governed by priests before it bad kings, and the inscriptions which tel] us this go back probably to abont the age of the Exodus. Jethro held this position in his own nation, a position strictly in accord with what in- scriptions tell us of the political institutions of his day and country.

It 1s not my intention at present,to carry this subject any further. Later on, especi- ally inthe times of tne kings after Solomon, there is a great deal of outside evidence, direct and indirect, of the general trust- worthiness of the Bible story. Since, how- ever it was quive impossible in the time at my disposal to treat the whole of the Old Testament history with anything like the attention it deserves, 1 thought it better to confine myself to the earlier part. There were two reasons at least for this : 1, It is the part on which most doubt bas been throwr’; and, 2, the external testi- mouy is pot widely known, and some of it has been known only for a sbort time. I have nottouched upon the vexed question of the ageof Genesis and Exodus in their present form; for, as far as my present pur~ pose is concerned, it makes little differen- ce how old the books are, provided the materia’ are ancient. I believe I have given you substantial reasons for holding fast toat Jeast the general truth of the earliest histories contained in the Bible.

It is perhaps unnecessary for me to add in conclusion, that the facts which I have presented to you in these addresees form a very small part of the wealth of meterial new available on this sutject. Even from the few works which I have at my dispos- al, I have hadto gather, according to my judgment, but a very fewof the more striking points letting you jndge from these what the nature of these ancient rec-

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