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CONTENTS
OF VOLUME I.
Author's Preface
Editor's Preface, with a Memoir of Professor Von Bohlen
INTRODUCTION
1. General remarks on Mythology and Legendary History
2. The early records of the Hebrews, and transition into
genuine history
3. Arguments for and against the supposition that Moses
was the author of the Pentateuch
4. Whether the Pentateuch contains conclusive evidence for
its own authenticity, and whether the Art of Writing can
be proved to have existed at the time of Moses
5. On the ancient expressions and supposed simplicity of the
Pentateuch, and on the nature of its language
6. Arguments derived from the ancient Egyptian spirit sup-
posed to pervade the Pentateuch.-Connection of the
Hebrews with Egypt.-Miracles of Moses
7. Geographical allusions to Palestine, contained in the Pen-
tateuch .
8. The number Forty, and the wanderings in the Arabian
Desert
9. Allusions to later events in the Pentateuch.-Exaggeration
of numbers
10. Astrological allusions in numerical statements.-Increase
of the population in Egypt.-Dynasty of the Hyksos.
-Early history of Moses.-Passage through the Red
Sea
11. Interpolations in the Pentateuch
12. Constitution of the Israelites
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