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PROF. JOHN GARSTANG'S Friday evening discourse on “The Historicity of the Books of Joshua and Judges” delivered at the Royal Institution on May 9, apart from the intrinsic interest of any topic relating to the archæology of the Bible, was notable as afford- ing some further examples of the way in which recent archæological investigation has served to confirm tra- dition. The discovery of evidence in Mesopotamia tending to substantiate the authenticity of the story of the Flood in the Bible and in Sumerian legend is a case in point; and Prof. Garstang himself referred to the con- firmation of the Homeric account of Achæan activities in Asia Minor afforded by recent Hittite discovery.
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Archæology and Bible History. Nature 125, 764 (1930). https://doi.org/10.1038/125764a0
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