The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-03-23

nant Of tho old Israelite Inhabitants tbcloagine
| principally to tho poorer classes and the
CuthTan oolonists. transplnnted from central
| Asia. which alone can account for the singular
position. neither Jewish nor GENTLE which the
| Samaritans have occupied ovcr since. - 10
| tho deop-rooted inveternto feud between the
| Jews and enmnritans. surviving even TO our
own time. but with worid.runowned bittor.
ness mt tho tino OF the Christian era. We soc q
| later outbreak OF the fiery rivalry which burnt
betxoen the kingdoms " Rehoboam and Zero
boam.'
| In order 10 nprrshehd distinctly Dean STAN
| icys Wow OF tho proportions and consequences
| Of tho catastrophe by which tho southern
| kingdom d Judah was. In its turn. over
| who!ni-d. We nccd to supplement the final
| chapters OF tho look before US with the lectures
printed in tho beginning al tho third and CON-
Guiding volume. 1t will be found that few Of
! tho controversial question: relating to the SUBJ
| jcct are cvndel by tho author. though lac s0tno-
| times seems unaware OF tho position taken by
! German SCHOLARS. Tho preliminary fact IL
| brought out sharply that the fail Of Jerusalem.
like tho ruin OF Samaria. WAS the culminStion
| Of . long process OF vassalags and de-
cay. For several ssnorntons before the
| destruction OF tho city tho Kings Of
Judah Ind dw,nd!cd into servants OF the
Assyrian tho Egyptian monarclis. and
1 there WAS at least one transfer OF con-
| siderable body Of Jews TO babylon. viz. on tho
| captivity Of Jehoiachn II. G. 59S. before the
| general tram, plantation OF the Hebrew people
which was carried out eleven years later
| by the lieutcnnnts Of NBbuchndnezzat. Az
| to thu precise extent OF the final deporta-
| tion. we gather. from n number OF illusions
| TO the subject. that. in the lecturers opinion.
| the southern. like tho northern kingdom. was
not entirely denuded Of Its Israelite inhahl-
| tants. The tillors Of tho ground und some OF
| the poorer artisans were probably left behind.
| aud there seems to have been in tho case OF
| Judah, as In that OF Sntnuria q partial reco!o-
| nzation from tho adjoining peoples, and per-
| hnps from more distant parts of tho Baby
| lonian empire The number vi Jewish cSiles
| who took refuge with Jeremiah IN Egypt Is
believed to have represented u much larger in
| iiux than the migration Of northern Israelites
| which had followed tho Assyrinn conquest OF
Samarln: and II is to this second settlement Of
| fugitiyes that we should no doubt. refer the
origin OF that jewish colony which subse-
Qusntly acquired so much prosperity In tho
Nile country. Far moro important. however. In
| the fifth and sixth centuries b. {. tknhth!s cut
post OF the Jewish race In Egypt was the great
colony OF Hebrews in MesopotSmia. which
caused that country 10 DO regarded as
second Holy Land. AS wo have said. the dense
| Hebrew population hero collected repre-
| sented. In Dean Stnnieys opinion, tho
transplanted dtbris OF tho northern kingdom
OF Israel. rs we'll Of the kingdom Of Judah.
He thinks that not many though perhaps
some. OF the descendants OF the ten tribes.
which had been much longer exilod from iaies-
tine. prolltod by Cyrus's permission to returnto
their ancient seats. Nor can We suppose th"t
the caravan OF AZ 900 souls Including moro
than 1000 Slaves, which took the homeward
route across the desert and reached Jerusalem
b. Z. aao constitution moro thsh sihan ,rae.
tlon OF tno aescen"ah's u INC o"s' Nv run
juan onaoup'eav ,ho u"'oln' Vi 'nv'y WY
n"o doom u"po''eu w'.'i "ono'ue".n "uu ".
cn!ah. anu VIM hu', 'o""" NO" AVoo ~ M
ricn Piai"s VI Nma'o''"' w w.'n'a ITO sp
eaptai; wero "e'i eoh'on'eu " aoiuo .ne,o' IN
.ne rl,n neoro"' Vi 'ui OWN o"' p''''' "'''
"'o'usa'oh'
Doah Stanley. wo observe. does not atlude 70
tho attempt OF certain scholnfs 10 explain the
far moro iervent ana nnwaver,ng devotion OF
tho jews to moaotheism oltor snelf return
from exile by the supposed innuenee OF con-
tact with tho Mealan nno PERSIAN eroed. iho
oo1ection 70 THIS nypothes's ID tn"t tne lo'sion
OF tho banyioaians. among whom tue israehNe
settlers Hved' was poiy'neishc. anu cyrus
seems 10 havo ioitaiheo lroH iu,po'ine 'lo
loroastnan pehei on any hoh-Afsan peo-
DIGS Tue autnor OF 'heso lectures ascsiDos
tho extraofdinary freedom rom ido,ntIS
OF the smsh heprew community tns' craouai-
, | II TOOK Iorm AROUND the rocohs'fuo'ou i""p,e
to purely sentimental causes. 70 passionate
recon- from the Image worship tnat tneS naa
witnessed In baoylonia. IN tne pisco Oh this
explanation. which seems 70 US Inadequate ana
fanciful We should prefer 70 seek the cause OF
, the curious phenomenon IN tho rig1o hiorafch-
ical organization which. IN the ansence OF ih-
csssant and proximats interference from 20.
litioal rulers. necessarily ughtensd It's hold
, upon the people.
/ But while Dean Stanley does not admit that
the vehement aversion to polythsism evince,l
, by the Israelites after their return from cap
tivity was inspired or even emphasized by
! contact with the faith OF Media and Persia he
, 10 fully alivo to the deep impress which. rs ro-
CARDS many details Of character and habit. WAS
! stamped upon tho Jewish people by Its soiourn