What the Terra Cotta Books Contained
Magazine pieces recount Union Seminary's early days and survey cuneiform terra-cotta books, Nineveh's royal library, and textual implications for biblical criticism.
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What the Terra Cotta Books Contained
How the Terra Cotta Books Were Read
1893 Union Seminary Magazine: obituary of B. M. Smith and W. W. Moore's essay on deciphering cuneiform, tracing writing's evolution from pictographs to alphabets and Chinese phonograms.
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The Resurrection of Assyria
Articles cover the 19th-century evangelistic revival and the archaeological 'resurrection' of Assyria—Mesopotamian geography, irrigation, mounds, and ancient building techniques.
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Recent Discoveries in Palestine
Reports 19th-century discoveries—the Siloam inscription and Pool of Bethesda—arguing these finds confirm biblical accounts and show ancient Hebrew literacy and engineering skill.
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Echoes of Bible History
1892 Union Seminary pieces: a biographical sketch of Major James Morton and an essay in biblical archaeology discussing the Moabite Stone, Hebrew palaeography, and the Shapira forgery.
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The Land of Promise
Defines the gospel as Christ's reconciling work and the Spirit's renewing presence in the soul. Argues Palestine's unique geography was providentially fitted to preserve and spread God's truth.
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Palestine and the Bible
Argues that knowledge of Palestine's geography enriches biblical interpretation, supplies vivid imagery for preaching, and provides apologetic confirmation of Scripture.
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Some Recent Explorations in Egypt
Report on Egypt Exploration Fund excavations recovering ruins, inscriptions and mummies; identifies Zoan (Tanis) and connects discoveries to biblical history, notably Exodus.
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The Ten Plagues
Includes a brief biography of C.C. Hersman and a scholarly analysis of the Ten Plagues as progressive, historically rooted signs demonstrating God's supremacy over Egyptian gods.
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The Oppression in Egypt
Biographical sketch of Henry C. Alexander and an archaeology report: Egypt Exploration Fund's Tell-el-Maskhuta/Pithom discoveries linking finds to the Exodus and Rameses II.
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The Whole Man: Baccalaureate Sermon Preached at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N.C., May 31st, 1891
Baccalaureate sermon: Solomon's wealth and wisdom proved hollow; true manhood is to 'fear God and keep His commandments' (Eccl. 12:13). A call to holiness and practical obedience.
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Otherworldliness in Ancient Egypt
Survey of ancient Egyptian otherworldliness: scarab, phoenix, sun-worship, obelisks, sphinx and pyramids as symbols of resurrection and how Christianity reinterprets them.
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Daybreak on the Nile
Overview of ancient Egypt: the Nile's geography, civilization, papyrus and hieroglyphic script; their loss and 19th-century recovery via the Rosetta Stone and decipherment.
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The Dods-Bruce Decisions
Report on 'Christ and His Miracles' and the Free Church Assembly's handling of charges against Professors Dods and Bruce. The Assembly reaffirmed Christ's divinity, atonement, resurrection, and Scripture's inspiration.
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Fresh Light for Bible Students
Argues that recent Oriental archaeology (Rosetta Stone, Assyrian, Hittite, Moabite finds) vindicates the Bible's historical credibility, aids philology and criticism, and will be popularized for readers.
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Home Missions: Address Delivered at the Centennial Celebration of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, Pa.
1888 address on Presbyterian home missions recounting growth, evangelization of the South, and work among freed African Americans. Urges continued investment in domestic missionary effort.
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Briggs’s Messianic Prophecy
Reviews of Berkeley's idealism, Dr. Charles Briggs' study of Messianic prophecy (debating higher criticism), and Thomson's The Land and the Book—critiquing philosophy, exegesis, and biblical illustration.
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Rev. Thomas Verner Moore, D.D.
Biography of Rev. Thomas Verner Moore (1818–1871), Presbyterian pastor and scholar. Covers his pastorates (Carlisle, Richmond, Nashville) and his works on Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi.
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