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The True Story Of the Exodus.

The learncl scholar DR.. Brugsch has
written book which purports to be n
true story of tho Exodus OF the Chill
dren of lspaol, The chief novelty in
this consists in denial that the Chill
drcn of Israel actually crossed the Red
Sea, but that their rnssngc wao ncrnse
the slip of land lying between tho
Mediterranean Sea and Lake Sipbonis,
and through region filed with quick
sands THAT were fatal TO many way
farerS and even to whole armies. DR..
BruGSch's construction of the over
throw which here overlook the army
OF Pharaoh is as follows: :-"Atter the
Hebrews, marching on foot, had clear
ed the flats which extend between the
Mediterranean Sea and Lake Sirbonis.
great wave took by surprise the
Egyptian cavalry and tho captains OF
the war chariots who pursued the
Hebrews. Hampered in their move
ments by their frightened borscs and
their disordercd chariots these cap
tains and cavaliers suffered what. in
the course of history, has occasionally
befallcn not only simple travellers but
whole armies"
The Hebrew words translated "thc
Red Sea" mean In tho original, "thc
sea Of scdgcs," and it has been COM
aaon 10 suppose that the Red Sea was
anaaRt by tats designation because lis
bottom Is covered with scdgcs and sea
weeds. But DR.. Brugsch maintains
that ancicntly this name was applied
to all the marshes aud lagoons which
fringe the Egyptian coast Of tho Nlcdi.
ierranean Sea, and that a wrong trans,
aation of the term was given after O
knowledge of this geographical fact
had been lost.
a reviewer says: "We need not do
bate Oh tho iAteresting questions rails.
ed in theology, in history and II
crlticiam by the exposition of DR.
Brngsch. IF the miracle Of the exodus
is evaporatcd by Lis ANALYSIS it's his
tofic verify is substantiated. IF tho
interpretation Of the sacred record has
been at fault for 1000 years the tono.
graphical precision and the althcntici
~ OF That record arc set in q clearer
light than ever before. If theologians
and historians, misled by tho false
geography Of the Greeks and Romans
have clouded the Hebrew original it Is
equally just to say that the destructive
criticism OF KucMen and others as
cribing a post-exilian authorship to tho
Pentatcnch is scattered to the winds
by the argument of tho learned
Psychologist. The itinerary of Exc.
dus Is found by DR.. Brugsch to he os
exactas a modern Murray or Bacde.
ker.
But the "Truc Story of the Exodus
raises as many questions as it settles
III the Hebrew teHq Yam,saph applies
TO she lagoons Of Lower Egypt, anG
NOT TO the ked Sea, how are wo to OK.
plain the record in Exodus, lQ-l9
where wc read that the locusts of Egyp,
were blown into the Yam-suph-~that
a., the lagoons of Lower Egypt-bv 9
.stronug west wind2 The IIebSeM
original for fos "wcst wind" is 3
s"wind from tho sea-" and how
wind from the 500 could blow tho
iocusts into these aagoons on its coasts
1s problem in IIeteorolopy whicl
neither DR.. Dragseh nor his English
'tral,sl&or nor l'is Amea,ieoa, editor has
.condoscended to solve. The Sirhon;ar
bog evidently las it's pcrils TO,
Egyptological critics as wcll az for
Egyptian cl,ieftains ana thor Nom
phian chiyalry."
pr. III Blrugsch relies npop geogyapbi
cal co sl names discovered on nansicnt mont,
y mcnts n,lgt 81 and q on papyrus as fi,rnishins
PROOFS of the theory lie ADVANCES,