Editing Sextus Julius Africanus (section)

==Verification of Moses==
The Kestoi survives only in fragments, chiefly those preserved by Eusebius and Georgius Syncellus. In turn Africanus preserves fragments of the work of [[Polemon of Athens]]' Greek History.

* FRAGMENT 13: From Georgius Syncellus, ''Chron.'', Third Book. In Euseb., ''Præpar.'', X. 40:
** 6. And from Moses, then, to the first Olympiad there are 1020 years, as to the first year of the 55th Olympiad from the same are 1237, in which enumeration the reckoning of the Greeks coincides with us.
:: [...] Polemo, for instance, in the first book of his Greek History, says: In the time of [[Apis, king of Argos]], son of Phoroneus, a division of the army of the Egyptians left Egypt, and settled in the Palestine called Syrian, not far from Arabia: these are evidently those who were with Moses.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Colavito|first1=Jason|title=The Chronography: Sextus Julius Africanus after 221 CE trans. in the Ante-Nicene Christian Library 1869|url=http://www.jasoncolavito.com/julius-africanus-chronography.html|website=JasonColavito.com|publisher=Jason Colavito|access-date=3 June 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Grotius|first1=Hugo|author2=John CLARKE (Dean of Salisbury.)|title=The Truth of the Christian Religion ... Corrected and illustrated with notes by Mr. Le Clerc. To which is added, a seventh book, concerning this question, What Christian church we ought to join ourselves to? By the said Mr. Le Clerc. The ninth edition, with additions. Particularly one whole book of Mr. Le Clerc's against indifference of what religion a man is of. Done into English by John Clarke|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lgheAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA64|year=1809|page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=lgheAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA64&img=1&zoom=3&hl=en&sig=ACfU3U1tgDASrmRhsUDRjhgNLjxIvskxnA&ci=209%2C542%2C723%2C292&edge=0 64]|quote=Polemon, &c.<nowiki>]</nowiki> He seems to have lived in the Time of ''[[Ptolemy V Epiphanes|Ptolemy Epiphanes]]''; concerning which, see that very useful Book of the famous ''[[Gerardus Vossius|Gerrard Vossius]]'', of the ''Greek'' Historians. ''Africanus'' says, the ''Greek'' Histories were wrote by him; which is the same Book ''[[Athenaeus|Athenæus]]'' calls, Ἑλλαδικόν. His Words are these: "In the Reign of ''[[Apis, king of Argos]]'' the Son of ''Phoroneus'', Part of the ''Egyptian'' Army went out of ''Egypt'', and dwelt in ''Syria'' called ''Palestine'', not far from ''Arabia''. As ''Africanus'' preserved the Place of ''[[Polemon of Athens|Polemon]]'', so ''[[Eusebius]]'' in his Chronology preserved that of ''Africanus''.}}</ref>