Bible Myths and their Parallels in other Religions Part 27

[91:9] Higgins: Anacalypsis, vol. ii. p. 191.

[91:10] Ibid. p. 39.

[92:1] "Septuagint."--The Old _Greek_ version of the Old Testament.

[92:2] "Vulgate."--The _Latin_ version of the Old Testament.

[92:3] The Pentateuch Examined, vol. ii. pp. 186, 187.

[92:4] The Religion of Israel, p. 9.

[92:5] Besides the many other facts which show that the Pentateuch was not composed until long after the time of Moses and Joshua, the following may be mentioned as examples: _Gilgal_, mentioned in Deut. xi.

30, was not given as the name of that place till _after_ the entrance into Canaan. _Dan_, mentioned in Genesis xiv. 14, was not so called till long _after_ the time of Moses. In Gen. x.x.xvi. 31, the beginning of the reign of the kings over Israel is spoken of _historically_, an event which did not occur before the time of Samuel. (See, for further information, Bishop Colenso's Pentateuch Examined, vol. ii. ch. v. and vi.)

[93:1] The Religion of Israel, p. 9.

[93:2] Ibid. p. 10.

[93:3] Chambers's Encyclo., art. "Jews."

[93:4] The Religion of Israel, pp. 10, 11.

[94:1] The Religion of Israel, p. 11.

[94:2] See Ibid. pp. 120, 122.

[94:3] See Ibid. p. 122.

[94:4] The account of the _finding_ of this book by Hilkiah is to be found in II. Chronicles, ch. x.x.xiv.

[94:5] See Religion of Israel, pp. 124, 125.

[94:6] Ibid. p. 11.

[95:1] The Religion of Israel, pp. 186, 187.

[95:2] "_Talmud._"--The books containing the Jewish traditions.

[95:3] See Chambers's Encyclo., art. "Bible."

[95:4] The Religion of Israel, pp. 240, 241.

[96:1] The Religion of Israel, p. 11.

[96:2] The Pentateuch Examined, vol. ii. p. 178.

[96:3] The Religion of Israel, p. 241.

[96:4] On the strength of II. Maccabees, ii. 12.

[96:5] The Religion of Israel, p. 242.

[96:6] Ibid. p. 243.

[97:1] Chambers's Encyclo., art. "Bible."

[97:2] Ibid.

[97:3] Chambers's Encyclo., art. "Akiba."

[97:4] The Religion of Israel, pp. 19, 23.

[98:1] "What is the Bible," by J. T. Sunderland. "The Bible of To-day,"

by J. W. Chadwick. "Hebrew and Christian Records," by the Rev. Dr.

Giles, 2 vols. Prof. W. R. Smith's article on "The Bible," in the last edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica. "Introduction to the Old Testament," by Davidson. "The Pentateuch and the Book of Joshua Examined," by Bishop Colenso. Prof. F. W. Newman's "Hebrew Monarchy."

"The Bible for Learners" (vols. i. and ii.), by Prof. Oort and others.

"The Old Testament in the Jewish Church," by Prof. Robertson Smith, and Kuenen's "Religion of Israel."

[98:2] Smith: Chaldean Account of Genesis, pp. 22, 29.

[99:1] Ibid. pp. 29, 100. Also, a.s.syrian Discoveries, p. 397.

[99:2] Tree and Serpent Wors.h.i.+p, pp. 6, 7.

[99:3] Myths and Myth-Makers, p. 112.

[99:4] Draper: Religion and Science, p. 62.

[99:5] Goldziher: Hebrew Mythology, p. 328, _et seq._

[100:1] Quoted by Bishop Colenso: The Pentateuch Examined, iv. 283.

[100:2] "Much of the Old Testament which Christian divines, in their ignorance of Jewish lore, have insisted on receiving and interpreting _literally_, the informed Rabbis never dreamed of regarding as anything but _allegorical_. The '_literalists_' they called fools. The account of the _Creation_ was one of the portions which the unlearned were specially forbidden to meddle with." (Greg: The Creed of Christendom, p.

80.)

[100:3] Quoted by Dupuis: Origin of Religious Belief, p. 226.

[100:4] See Ibid. p. 227.

[100:5] Quoted by Dunlap: Mysteries of Adoni, p. 176. See also, Bunsen: Keys of St. Peter, p. 406.

[101:1] See Appendix, c.

[101:2] See Westropp & Wakes, "Phallic Wors.h.i.+p."

[101:3] In chap. ii.

[101:4] See a.s.syrian Discoveries, pp. 167, 168, and Chaldean Account of Genesis.