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...THURSDAY.The Cuneiform Inscriptions and Hebrew History. Illustrated lecture. Professor Lyon. Jefferson Physical Laboratory...
ASSYRIAN LECTURES.Prof. Lyon is giving a series of illustrated lectures on Thursdays at 4 p. m., in the Jefferson Physical Laboratory, on "The Cuneiform Inscriptions and the Old Testament." The public are invited. The remaining topics and dates are as follows...
Professor Lyon gave the first of his series of lectures on "The Cuneiform Inscriptions and the Old Testament" yesterday afternoon. The lecture treated of the history of the discovery and decipherment of the inscriptions which are second only to the Old Testament in interest to students. The Old Testament is a history of the Hebrews from their own hands and the cuneiform inscriptions give us the history of the Babylonians and Assyrians with whom the Hebrews came much in contact. From the downfall of their mighty civilization, centuries before Christ, their records were lost till the site of Babylon...
...sixth century before Christ the Persians reduced an alphabet from this Babylonian script. The recurrence of proper names afforded a chance to compare these records with known history, but the greatest advance in decipherment was made when an extensive inscription was discovered written parallel in Persian and Cuneiform characters. Stereopticon views were shown explaining the geography of the Assyria, pictures of the ruins, excavations and restorations, and facsimiles of the inscriptions discovered...
...Discovery of the Cuneiform Inscriptions. Illustrated lecture. Professor Lyon. Jefferson Physical Laboratory...