AN EXAMPLE OF BIBLICAL ACCURACY.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2107, 4 October 1890, Page 3

AN EXAMPLE O F BIBLICAL ACCURACY.

In the Deutsche Rundschau, Dr Brugsch, the tamoua _ Egyptologist, reports a remarkable discovery, which will be of especial interest to students of the Bible. In January last there was found near Luxor in Egypt (close to the site where stood Thebes “ of a hundred gates ”) a tablet, written in hieroglyphics, in which a person named’ Chit-bet relates that he had accomplished many mysterious things, “ owing,” as this interesting inscription goes on to say, “ to the great distress that has been caused by the Nile not overflowing its banks for seven years The words are very distinct, and admit of no other interpretation. The reference to Joseph and the seven years of famine will at once suggest itself. Dr Brugsch critically examines the writing upon the stone in his article, and comes to the conclusion that it is perfectly genuine, and is the work of a priest who lived 400 years before the common era; The name of Pharaoh is unfortunately not given,

but the reference to Joseph is undoubtedly correct. This marvellous discovery adds another link to the long record of the hidden things of the past that have been laid bare to th© modern eye I’he inquisitive modern explorer has gradually revealed to ui the monuments and treasures of hoary antiquity; has shown us the the stone histories of Assyria, Babylon, Moab, Egypt. Such wonderful testimony to the historical accuracy of the Bible, if any were necessary, cannot be looked upon as a matter of pure chance. Who knows what is yet in store for coming generations; what strange and miraculous discoveries are still to be made, which will really read to the amazed world as “ sermons in stones ! ” —Jewish Chornicle.