Om den här boken
Mitt bibliotek
Böcker på Google Play
D.
Preliminary Result.
I. The Egyptians had no Hero-worship: the latter Order of
Gods are purely ideal; and the oldest human Kings are
not Heroes, but strictly historical, sacerdotal, elective
Monarchs
II. The Names and Meaning of the Egyptian Gods point to
Western Asia -
Page
334
340
SECTION II.
THE CONNEXION BETWEEN THE EGYPTIAN VIEWS OF THE DIVINE
BEGINNINGS AND THOSE OF THE MYTHOLOGICAL SEMITES.
A.
The Points of Similarity in the Assumption of a Succession of
Gods, and in their Order and Import
B.
The Worship of Ptah and his Seven Pygmy Sons is derived
from the Esmun-Kabiri Worship, and the Worship of Osiris
from that of Adonis.
342
346
347
II. Isis and Osiris originate in Asia, but they are long ante-
cedent to the Astral Phase
III. Astarte, 'Hes-Toreth, throne of the cow, meant originally
Nature, the Divine Kosmos; but after the year 2500 or
2000 B. C., it signified the Polar Star, which was dedica-
ted to that Primeval Goddess.
349
C.
The Inferences to be drawn from the Astronomical Synchro-
nisms respecting the History of the Religion of Asia, and the
Relation between its Antiquity and the Development of Egypt 352
The Accordance in the Names of the most important Deities, and
the Impossibility of deriving the Asiatic from the Egyptian -
I. The Harmony of the Names
354
355
II. The Impossibility of deriving the corresponding Phoenician,
Syrian, and Babylonian Names of Gods and Goddesses
from Egypt
356
PART V.
THE HUMAN BEGINNINGS: THE TRADITIONS OF THE
SEMITES.
SECTION I.
THE TRADITION OF THE BABYLONIANS ABOUT THE BEGINNINGS OF
THE HUMAN RACE AND THEIR OWN PEOPLE, ACCORDING TO BEROSUS.
I. The Creation of Man
II. The Ten Epochs of Primeval Time, from Alorus to Xi-
suthrus, the Patriarch of the Flood
III. The Flood of Xisuthrus and the more modern Beginnings
in Babylonian Criticism
364
365
369
THE HISTORICAL RELATION BETWEEN THE EGYPTIAN NOTIONS AS TO
THE BEGINNINGS AND THOSE OF THE HEBREWS.
INTRODUCTION.
The Point of View of Scientific Research about the Book of
Genesis
The Biblical Traditions of the Patriarchs; or the Antediluvian
Age
Restoration of the Chronology of the early World in the Bible;
or the Length of the Lives of the Patriarchs
The immediate Results of the Researches into Hebrew Traditions
about the Antediluvian World
Restoration of the Dates or Epochs of the Hebrew Traditions
after the Flood and prior to Abraham.-Conclusion and
general Result of the Comparison between the Hebrew Origines
and the Egyptian and Asiatic.
I. General Restoration of the Postdiluvian Period according
to the Abrahamitic Traditions in Aramæa
385
395
402
405
II. Nimrod and the Tower of Babel, and their Connexion
with the building of Babylon and the Temple of Belus - 410
III. The Language and Religion of the Abrahamites
IV. Synopsis of the Points of Contact in the Hebrew Names
of God and those of the Patriarchs, and the other Desig-
nations of the Primitive Times, with those of the mytho-
logical Semites
V. Synopsis of the Result of the Comparison between the
Khamitic Origines and those of the Semites generally,
and the Hebrews in particular -
-
422
424
PART VI.
EGYPTIAN, SEMITIC, AND ARIAN TRADITIONS CONFRONTED,
AND THE GENERAL RESULT.
The genuine Reminiscences of the Arians in India about the
Primeval Country and the Flood
B..
431
Hellenic Reminiscences of the Flood, and the Traditions and
Fictions in Hesiod about the Origin of the World, the Rule of
the Gods, and the Kosmic Ages
The Basis of Hellenic Mythology, as well as Language, is not
Semitic but Arian.-The Semitic Element is the most modern
Stratum, and it was introduced through the Pelasgi
435
440
The Hellenic Myths are not derived from Vedic, still less from
Brahminical, Myths: the common Element is the original
Poetry of Language
E.
448
The Atlantic Tale, and its bearing on the Asiatic Reminiscences
of the Egyptians, and on primitive IIistory after the Deluge 461
F.
General Result of the comparative Philosophical Analysis of the
Origines of Language and Mythology, respecting Egypt in
particular -
472
PART VII.
EGYPT, AND THE AGES OF THE WORLD; OR, OUTLINES OF
THE FRAMEWORK OF UNIVERSAL HISTORY WITH PARTI-
ICULAR REFERENCE TO EGYPT.
Survey of the Epochs.
I. The Ages of the World, and the early Epochs, according to
the Place which has been assigned to Egypt in General
History
II. The Epochs of the historical Relations of Egypt
THE SYNOPSIS OF THE FOUR AGES OF THE WORLD.
First Age of the World.
4.77
481
Ancient Antediluvian History, from the Creation to the Flood.
- Primitive Formation of Language and Beginning of the
Formation of Mythology.-The Historical Primeval World:
First Period: Formation and Deposit of Sinism
485
486
Second Period: Formation and Deposit of Primitive Turanism :
the Eastern Polarisation of Sinism -
Third Period: Formation and Deposit of Khamism and the
Flood: Western Polarisation of Sinism
Second Age of the World.
Ancient Postdiluvian History.-From the Emigration after the
Flood down to Abraham in Mesopotamia.-Formation of the
historical Tribes and Empires of Asia.-The Middle Age of
Mankind:
First Period: The Establishment of Semism in Armenia,
Assyria, and Mesopotamia, and the Kossite-Turanian Empire 488
Second Period: Establishment of Iranism and the Egyptian
Hieroglyphics
Third Period: Power of Chaldeeism and Khamism: the Be-
ginnings of writing with Letters by the Semites
Third Age of the World.
Modern History, Ante-Christian Development.
490
ham to Christ.-The historical Men of the Spirit, and the
Supremacy of the Iranians and their free Cities.-Part First
of Modern History:
First Period: The Time of Abraham.-From the Immigration
of Abraham down to the year before the Exodus from
Egypt
Second Period: The Time of Moses.- From Moses to Solon
Third Period: The Time of Solon and Sokrates.-From Solon
to Christ
Fourth Age of the World.
Modern History, Christian Development.-The Subordination
of the National to the Humanitarian Principle, and the For-
mation of large free States.-Second Part of Modern History:
First Period: From the first Assemblies of Christians to the
Institution of National Church Congregations
Beginning of the Second Period
492
493
495
496
497
THE SERIES OF EGYPTIAN KINGS IN THE OLD, MIDDLE, AND NEW
EMPIRES, ACCORDING TO THE HISTORICAL SECTIONS, IN TABULAR
FORM.
II. Complete Survey of the Old Empire according to its his-
torical Sections
First Period: From Menes to Phiops
Second Period: From Phiops to Ammenemes
Third Period: From Ammenemes to Amuntimæus
498
501
The Middle Empire; or the Epoch of the Hyksos in Egypt.
Introduction
First Period: Conquest and Subjection of the whole of Egypt
by the Amalika, or Amalekites, assisted by Philistæans
Second Period: Supremacy of the Philistæans
Third Period: Struggle and Independence of the The-
bans contemporaneously with a Third Hyksos Dynasty
at Memphis
The New Empire, from Amos to Nectanebo II.
Synopsis of the Periods
517
First Period: The Tuthmoses
518
Second Period: The Seti-Ramessides, or the First House
of Ramesses
522