Show of great interest A lecture of the greatest interest not only to orienta lists but likewise to all interested in biblical research has enst been delivered at the borein niederwald Nie derwald of vienna by that most distinguished and linguistic scholar the rev william hechler caplain to the british embassy i ever since his student days he has been seeking for the key to harmonize the dates of the kings of judah and israel given in the bible and the dates of the kings of babylon assyria egypt and persia As he observed in the course of his lecture whoever has carefully studied the histories of the ancient empires must be struck with the wonderfully appearance of the chronological and data no historian has ever ventured to give such a large number of dates as the bible which are made to synchronize with the dates of kings of other nations thereby enabling accurate control thus the kings of judah are made to synchronize with the kings of israel and many of babylon assyria egypt and feroli fer sLi at the last orient alista congress in vienna the learned gentleman presented the first part of his researches extending over twenty years no doubt his charts when published will startle many a professor of theology all over the world at least such as have taught their pupils that it was impossible to put in order and harmonize these confused dates mr hechler proves that they do harmonize and that in a most wonderful manner but the key had to be sought and found ho does not prof ess to have untied the gordian knot and to have disposed of every difficulty but the remarkably mar kably clear and ingenious way in which he puts an end to biblical dis is convincing and conclusive the charts are so ample sible that a child may read enna cor london telegraph |