Biblical History - A Lecture Delivered at the Opening of the Term of the Union Theological Seminary, New York, September 191889; With an Appendix #249476

The Contemporary History of the Old Testament aims to study the history of the nations that influenced Israel. It studies the monuments of Babylon, Egypt, Phoenicia, Assyria, and the lesser nations that encompassed Israel or were entwined with him in his development. It studies the history of Persia, Greece, and Rome,-the ancient masters of the world that held Israel in subjee tion.