INTRODUCTION. THE REVELATIONS OF GOD TO MEN PROGRESSIVE. CHAPTER II. THE ANTIQUITY OF MAN. CHAPTER III. HEBREW CHRONOLOGY. CHAPTER IV. THE ANTIQUITY OF MAN RESUMED. CHAPTER VI. THE EVENTS OF EDEN. CHAPTER VII. FROM THE FALL TO THE FLOOD. CHAPTER IX. FROM THE FLOOD TO THE CALL OF ABRAHAM. CHAPTER XIV. THE HISTORIC CONNECTIONS OF MOSES WITH PHARAOH AND EGYPT. CHAPTER XV. THE EVENTS NEAR AND AT SINAI. CHAPTER XVI. THE HEBREW THEOCRACY. CHAPTER XVII. THE CIVIL INSTITUTES OF MOSES; OR THE HEBREW CODE OF CIVIL LAW. CHAPTER XVIII. THE CIVIL INSTITUTES OF MOSES, CONTINUED. CHAPTER XIX. THE RELIGIOUS SYSTEM OF THE HEBREWS. CHAPTER XX. HISTORIC EVENTS OF HEBREW HISTORY FROM SINAI TO THE JORDAN. CHAPTER XXI. THE LAST FOUR BOOKS OF THE PENTATEUCH: THEIR METHOD OF ARRANGEMENT AND SUBJECT-MATTER. Transcriber’s Notes The cover image was provided by the transcriber and is placed in the public domain. Punctuation has been standardized. Most abbreviations have been expanded in tool-tips for screen-readers and may be seen by hovering the mouse over the abbreviation. The Table of Contents has been modified by the Transcriber to agree with the text. The original text shows quotations within quotations set off by similar quote marks. The inner quotations have been changed to alternate quote marks for improved readability. This book was written in a period when many words had not become standardized in their spelling. Words may have multiple spelling variations or inconsistent hyphenation in the text. These have been left unchanged unless indicated with a Transcriber’s Note. Footnotes are identified in the text with a superscript number and have been accumulated in a table at the end of the text. Transcriber’s Notes are used when making corrections to the text or to provide additional information for the modern reader. These notes have been accumulated in a table at the end of the book and are identified in the text by a dotted underline and may be seen in a tool-tip by hovering the mouse over the underline. THE PENTATEUCH, IN ITS PROGRESSIVE REVELATIONS OF GOD TO MEN. DESIGNED FOR BOTH PASTORS AND PEOPLE. BY REV. HENRY COWLES, D.D. “Understandest thou what thou readest? And he said, How can I unless some man should guide me?”—ACTS VIII: 30, 31. NEW YORK: D. APPLETON & CO., 549 AND 551 BROADWAY. 1874. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1873, by |