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V period , ( exercising dominfen ovdr the parent ' city . Tyre was a strong < 5 ity indhe days of Joshaa . Herodotus says , that m his time the Tynans bOaMed that their temple and town had stood 2300 years , which carries tis M * k to to the beginning : of the fifth century after the flood . Josephus * on jthe-ofcher nanq ^ dzjtes if £ o ^ n a ^ not more than 240 years before the pudding of ScaQ ^ Q ^ s / Femple . I > i ^ Hal ^ s [ conjectures , that Josephus must haves ( written 124 Q ,- and that the nnme » ieal letter denoting a thousand ^ has ? bee h omitted
by thei carelessness of soine transcriber . Tyre certainly possessed" a * high antiquity ^ but no existing records carry back the history much higher'than fhe time of David , in whose reign , and in that of his successor , the frtenftly intercourse between Tyre and Israel is well known . The idolatrous W 6 rship of Astarte was introduced into Israel by Jezebel , who was daughter of Ithobal or Ethbaal , King of Tyre , during the reign of Ahab : from this time Tyre was hut little connected with the history of the Israelites ; Dr . Russell has , however , traced the narrative down to a very late period . '
The third chapter treats of the ancient Persian monarchy , which had no immediate connexion with the Hebrews during the period when the government of the Judges prevailed . The native annals of Persia are full of romance ; and previous to the sera of Grecian history no account can be had respecting the affairs of Iran . The scanty information which the Scripture affords , only tells us that Chedorlaomer engaged his vassals or
confederates against the Kings of Pentapolis 3 and Josephus merely tells us , that Elam gave birth to the Elamites . From other sources , however , Dr . JRufesell -. has-with great diligence and learning constructed a narrative of the early affairs of Iran , Elam , or Persia , which possesses considerable interest , b ut of which we cannot attempt to give an epitome , as it would too much exceed our limits .
The fourth chapter gives an account of the origin of the more remarkable states of ancient Greece . Here is given us a copy of the Parian Chronicle from the Arundel Marbles , followed by a translation and a Table of Olympiads , from Dr . Hales . The only connexion between the history of these states and that of the ancient Hebrews , is that which relates to time . JEgialeus , the first of the Sicyonian kings , ascended the throne in the days
of Nahor , the grandfather of Abraham , and Moses died ten years before Cecrops" placed himself at the head of the Athenians . The chapter contains much archaeological investigation as well as diligent research into , the mythology , customs , and manners of the ancient Grecian States , which appear tohaveJborae a great resemblance to those of Western Asia in these respects ; but as there is little connexion with the Hebrew history , we shall dismiss this chapter without further notice .
The fifth chapter adds another to the many unsuccessful attempts which have been made by learned men to fix the dates , of the Argonaiitie expe ~ dition , the Trojan war , and the return of the Heraclidae * Adhering chiefly to the authority of Jackson , Dr . Russell determines , from the circumstance pf Hercules having received assistance from the Argonauts , in his war against Laomedon , that Jason ' s exploit must have taken place about the
year 1224 or 1225 , A . C . ; of course he considers it as a real event , and not a poetic fiction . With equal confidence , ( fees places * the . « Trojan war about the year 1183 or 1184 , and the Dorian invasion ^ fiEflldpotirtesus , under the descendants of Hercules ,, in . the year 1103 . ( BYora > a mmpaiteotf Toficiieuni * stances and dates it appears * that by the chnonoiogiaailatstem which Dr . Russell maintains , the Argonautic expedition mailed froiw Colchis about ' the time that Jephthah was delivering the Hebrews from the dominion of the
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1828, page 620, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2564/page/36/
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