Abraham and the Early Empires

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• Adams' original wording, transcribed with his own spelling
• King James quotations checked word for word (14 in this book)
• Enlarged details of the chart, each with its caption and explanation
• The books Adams relied on, identified and compared with his text
• The complete panel 4, ready to print at large size (9 sheets, US Letter or A4, about 55 x 62 cm once assembled)

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Contents

1. Abraham and the Early Empiresp. 5
2. From Shem to Terahp. 6
3. From dispersion to the callp. 7
4. Lives that overlapp. 8
5. The call of Abramp. 9
6. The branches of Terahp. 10
7. A journey given yearsp. 11
8. The nine kings and Melchizedekp. 12
9. Ishmael and Isaacp. 13
10. The covenant and its datesp. 14
11. Lot and the citiesp. 15
12. Moriah and Machpelahp. 16
13. Keturah and Esau’s householdsp. 17
14. Rebekah at the wellp. 18
15. Jacob’s dreamp. 19
16. Jacob becomes Israelp. 20
17. The twelve sons of Jacobp. 21
18. The brothers’ descendantsp. 22
19. Joseph into Egyptp. 23
20. Seventy and seventy-fivep. 24
21. The ruler and the longer storyp. 25
22. Ages in the line of descentp. 26
23. Titles, ages and a journeyp. 27
24. Egypt’s competing datesp. 28
25. What the monuments can tellp. 29
26. Three empires, several schemesp. 30
27. Architecture along the Nilep. 31
28. Kings, labour and the Shepherdsp. 32
29. The pyramid and the Sphinxp. 33
30. The measurements on the platep. 34
31. Manetho and the royal listsp. 35
32. From Ramessu to the Persiansp. 36
33. Sidon and Tyrep. 37
34. The Phoenician marinersp. 38
35. Babel and the Temple of Belusp. 39
36. Nimrod, Asshur and the citiesp. 40
37. Three Chaldaean figuresp. 41
38. Priests of Babylonp. 42
39. Women gathering datesp. 43
40. The Greek imaginationp. 44
41. Vulcan, centaur and mermaidp. 45
42. Inachus and the early Greek kingsp. 46
43. Five ages of Greek historyp. 47
44. Æsculapius and medicinep. 48
45. “Babylon the great”p. 49
46. The Assyrian royal streamp. 50
47. Semiramis and a missing reservationp. 51
48. The Persian streamp. 52
49. China and the patriarchsp. 53
50. Shin-Nong and Whang Tip. 54
51. The Vedas and Puranasp. 55
52. The limits of a chronologyp. 56
53. Rawlinson’s tablep. 57
54. Sources: the family narrativep. 58
55. Sources: the historical compilersp. 59
56. Sources: monuments and imagesp. 60
57. Original readings: Confusion and dispersionp. 61
58. Original readings: Terah, Haran and Abrahamp. 62
59. Original readings: Ishmael, Isaac and Keturahp. 63
60. Original readings: The cave of Machpelahp. 64
61. Original readings: Jacob and his childrenp. 65
62. Original readings: Jacob goes into Egypt — contextual continuationp. 66
63. Original readings: Egyptian architecturep. 67
64. Original readings: Inachusp. 68
65. Original readings: Egypt’s Three Empiresp. 69
66. Original readings: Rawlinson’s chronological tablep. 70
67. Original readings: Manetho and Egyptian chronologyp. 71
68. Original readings: Manetho and Egyptian chronology - continuedp. 72
69. Original readings: 80n greek ages completep. 73
70. Original readings: Jacob’s family countp. 74
71. Original readings: Assyria: royal succession and four branchesp. 75
72. Original readings: Persian successionp. 76
73. Original readings: Ruler, fatherhood and decade marksp. 77
74. Original readings: Iran’s title and the port cities’ later noticesp. 78
75. Illustration catalogue: 01. The complete fourth panelp. 79
76. Illustration catalogue: 05. Ishmael, Isaac, Keturah and Esaup. 80
77. Illustration catalogue: 10. Jacob’s ladder and the naming of Bethelp. 81
78. Illustration catalogue: 15. The Sphinx and pyramids at Gizehp. 82
79. Illustration catalogue: 20. The ports of Sidon and Tyrep. 83
80. Illustration catalogue: 25. Cultivation in Egypt and the Phoenician-expulsion captionp. 84
81. Illustration catalogue: 29. Egyptian bands beneath the patriarchsp. 85
82. Illustration catalogue: 34. Upper right: Jacob, Esau and grandchildrenp. 86
83. Illustration catalogue: 38. Lower left: Babel, Chaldaea and Greek beginningsp. 87
84. Illustration catalogue: 42. Bottom centre: Aesculapius, Manetho and Shin-Nongp. 88
85. Illustration catalogue: 46. The extended post-Flood genealogyp. 89
86. Illustration catalogue: 52. Three priests with an altar and celestial signsp. 90
87. Illustration catalogue: 58. The twelve-row chronological comparisonp. 91
88. Illustration catalogue: 64. Aesculapius and the priests of medicinep. 92
89. Illustration catalogue: 71. Vulcan, centaur and mermaidp. 93
90. Illustration catalogue: 78. Phoenician navigation and the Irish towers claimp. 94
91. Illustration catalogue: 85. Agricultural scene with people, cattle and ploughp. 95
92. Further referencesp. 96