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...given last evening in Sever 11 by Professor Lyon upon the Book of Isaiah. It is impossible to understand the prophets without a knowledge of the moral and political conditions of the time. Besides the internal evidence of the Bible, much information is given us by the recent Assyrian and Babylonian discoveries. Isaiah lived in that period of the Assyrian invasion of Palestine, and was a contemporary of four Assyrian kings. He lived at the court of Jerusalem during most of his life, filling the positions of court preacher, physician and counsellor. Isaiah was a determined opponent of all foreign...
Amos was one of the first of the prophets. He lived about 750 B. C. in the reign of Uzziah in Judah and of Jeroboam in Israel, in a little town near Bethlehem called Tekoa. It was just before the first Assyrian invasion-a time of great prosperity in Israel. He foresaw that the luxurious habits of the Jews would render them an easy prey to the enemy. The book of Amos consists of four parts: the introduction describing the downfall of many ancient cities because of this corruption, then four prophecies of disaster to Israel, then a series...
...were discovered; four Phoenician and seven Greek. The Greek ones have been removed to Constantinople and will be exhibited as soon as a fitting room can be prepared. One of these is of such immense proportions and so magnificent that it was thought to be the tomb of some Assyrian king. Investigations were made and finally the conclusion was reached that it was the sarcophagus of Alexander the Great. Its sculpture, on this theory, represents the battle of Arbela, a lion hunt and the battle of Granicus. The sarcophagus is nearly twelve feet long, seven high and five...
...Lyon will close his Lowell Institute course on "Ancient Assyrian Life" to-night with a lecture on the "Religion and Ethics" of that time...
Semitie Seminary. Reader: Mr. E. E. Atkinson. Subject, "Assyrian Gems and Seals." 7 Lowe l street...