96 UNIVERSAL ERUDITION: 



The Jewifh hiftory differs from all others 

 in this particular divifion. It may, moreover, 

 be divided into different ages, which may be thus 

 fixed: 



The i. Beginning with the creation of 



the world, and ending with the uni- Years. 

 verfal deluge, comprehends 1657 



2. Beginning immediately after the de- 



Inge, and ending with Abraham, in 

 the year of the world 2083, com- 

 prehends - 426 



3. Beginning with Abraham, confidered 



as the father of the Jewifh nation, 

 and ending with the departure from 

 Egypt, which was in the year 2513, 

 comprehends - N - - 430 



4. Begins with the going out of Egypt ; 



when Mofes, becoming the legiflator 

 and judge of the people of Ifrael, 

 conducted them through the defart, 

 and left to Jofhua, his fucceffor, 

 the care of the conqueft of the coun- 

 try of Canaan, and the eftablifliment 

 of the Jews in that promifed land. 

 This age begins with the Judaic re- 

 public, and continues to the time of 

 the eftablilhment of the royalty : it 

 comprehends - - 396 



5. Begins with the reign of Saul, the 



firft king of the Jews, who was 

 anointed by Samuel in the year 

 2909, and concludes with the end 



of 



