Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Ian Hutchesson <mc2499 AT mclink.it>]

>He's not a 
>Bible-thumper, no matter how some want to write him off as one.  

He's plainly not a Josh McDowell, but here's the contents:

A Test of Time

Contents

Foreword
Preface

Introduction

  A Brief History of Pharaonic Egypt --A Brief History of Israel
  -- Methodology 

Part One: Conundrums of the Pharaohs

Chapter One: The Search for Apis p.43 

  The Discovery -- The Puzzle: Chaos and Confusion -- The Stelae
  -- A Hidden Chamber 

Chapter Two: Secret of the Pharaohs p.63 

  The Discovery -- The Puzzle: The Mummy of the Second Prophet 

Chapter Three: The Royal Tombs of San p.91 

  The Discovery -- The Puzzle: The Cutaway -- A Change of Plan
  -- The Temple Pylon 

Part Two: Unravelling the Gordian Knot

Chapter Four: For God and Country p.111 

  Victorian Melodrama -- Raamses and Ramesses -- A Conjuring Trick
  with Time 

Chapter Five: The Four Great Pillars p.119 

  The Sacking of Thebes -- Shishak and Shoshenk -- The Ebers Calendar
  -- The Lunar Date of Ramesses II 

Chapter Six: Towards a New Chronology p.137 

  A Chance to Recap -- A Genealogical Bridge to the Past 

Part Three: Legendary Kings and Chronicles

Chapter Seven: The Historical Shishak p.149 

  A New Chronology Date for Ramesses the Great -- Jerusalem at Abu
  Simbel? -- Washmuaria Riamashesha -- Ramesses II and Israel 

Chapter Eight: The Age of Solomon p.173 

  A Solomonic City - Megiddo VIII -- The Jerusalem Millo -- Pharaoh's
  Daughter 

Chapter Nine: The Lion Man p.195 

  The Discovery of the Amarna Letters -- A Sun-King and his God -- A
  Window of Opportunity for Israel -- The Amarna Habiru -- The Egyptian
  Vassals -- King of the Hill Country -- An Untutored Monarch -- The
  Rebellious Vassal -- The King's Son -- The Great Lion Falls -- Aftermath 

Chapter Ten: The Beloved p.221 

  Revolution in Judah -- A New Enemy from the Mountains -- Dadua -- Beloved
  of Yahweh -- A Convincing Synthesis? 

Part Four: Discovering the Israelites

Chapter Eleven: Navigating by the Stars p.237 

  The Ugarit Solar Eclipse -- Ammisaduga and the Venus Solutions -- The Link
  to Egypt 

Chapter Twelve: Moses and Khenephrês p.251 

  Artapanus -- Pharaoh Khenephrês -- The Land of Goshen -- Prince Moses and
  the Kingdom of Kush -- The Mound of the Hyena -- Avaris and the Israelites 

Chapter Thirteen: Exodus p.275 

  Israelite Slaves -- The Tenth Plague -- Pharaoh's Chariots -- The King-
  Shepherds 

Chapter Fourteen: And the Walls Came Tumblin' Down p.299 

  The Problem of Jericho -- Relocating the Archaeology of the Conquest -- A
  Hyksos Named Sheshi -- Jericho Resettled -- Jabin, King of Hazor -- Shiloh
  and the Ark of the Covenant Migdol Shechem 

Chapter Fifteen: Joseph the Vizier p.327 

  The Length of the Israelite Sojourn -- In the Beginning -- Floods and Famine
  -- King Moeris and the Labyrinth -- The Egyptian Name of Joseph -- A Curse
  Upon the House of Joseph -- The Origins of Avaris -- Joseph's Palace -- 
  Midianite Caravaneers -- The Tomb of Joseph -- The Cult Statue of Joseph 

Part Five: Additional Research

Appendix A: Dating Shoshenk I p.370 
  The Evidence from Byblos -- The Temple of Osiris Hekadjet -- Prince 
  Osorkon -- Two Hedjkheperre Takelots -- Israel's Saviour -- A Second
  Shoshenk I? 

Appendix B: TIP Genealogies (continued) p.379 
  Calculating an Average Generation -- The Generations of Nespaherenhat --
  The Memphite Genealogy 

Appendix C: Radiocarbon Dating p.384 
  The Problem for Radiocarbon Dating in Early Times --The Problem for
  Radiocarbon Dating in the 18th Dynasty -- The Nature of the Problem 

Appendix D: Sothic Chronology p.390 
  Papyrus Berlin 10012 -- The Inundation Stela of Sobekhotep 

Appendix E: Assyrian Chronology p.393 
  The Basis of the Current Chronology -- Potential for 
  a New Assyrian Chronology 

Part Six: Reference Section
  Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations & Sources for Illustrations --
  Bibliography -- Notes and References -- Index 


Ian

>He took the Egyptian evidence, including inscriptions, papyri, Nile 
>flood records and the latest archaeological evidence, and found a 
>glitch in the common dating of the Third Intermediate Period.  One 
>of the most informative parts of his book has to do with how much 
>of our ANE dating is dependent on Egypt.  As he pointed out, if our 
>dating of Egypt is off by as little as 100-150 years (about the size 
>of the glitch he found) then the whole region's dating is off.  The 
>American edition of his book is called "Pharaohs and Kings" and 
>it's good reading with profuse footnotes on the scholarly literature.  
>I suggest you check it out.