From Kurtz:
“The table of
nations (Gen. ch. 10), which may seem to be uninteresting and
useless, is, nevertheless, very significant in this connection.
For at this point, when Sacred History allows the nations from
which it is turning away, to walk in their own ways, the
preservation of their names implies that not one of them shall
be ultimately lost to it, or be forgotten by the counsel of
eternal love.
“This table,
besides, exposes the fallacies of the mythical genealogies of
pagans, contradicts their fables respecting gods, heroes and
periods of millions of years, and also affords a firm
foundation for investigations concerning the origin and the
traditions of nations.
(1809–90). Luth. ch. hist. and exegete; b. Montjoie, near Aachen, Rhenish Prussia; educ.Halle and Bonn; prof. Dorpat 1849–70. Works include Lehrbuch der Kirchengeschichte für Studierende; Handbuch der allgemeinen Kirchengeschichte; Die Astronomic and die Bibel; Biblische Geschichte; Geschichte des Alten Bundes; Lehrbuch der heiligen Geschichte; Abriss der Kirchengeschichte.
