Excerpt from Transactions of the Society of Biblical Archaeology, Vol. 3 Such a mass of evidence, chiefly contemporary, is scarcely to be met with in connexion with any period of ancient history: and there ought to be no difficulty in coming to very exact and definite conclusions in conformity with it, either for or against the common reckoning. And if we are content to accept the evidence of the documents as it is written, I venture to say that no difficulty will be found in rejecting the orthodox reckoning as impossible. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.