Chapter 28
[101:5] "Upon the carrying away of the Jews to Babylon, they were brought into contact with a flood of Iranian as well as Chaldean myths, _and adopted them without hesitation_." (S. Baring-Gould; Curious Myths, p. 316.)
[102:1] Chambers's Encyclo., art. "Deucalion."
[102:2] See chapter ii.
[102:3] Prog. Relig. Ideas, vol. i. p. 185, and Maurice: Indian Antiquities, vol. ii. p. 277.
[102:4] Chapter ii.
[102:5] See Dunlap's Son of the Man, p. 153, _note_.
[102:6] See Prog. Relig. Ideas, vol. i. p. 254.
[102:7] See Ibid. p. 367.
[102:8] See Ibid. p. 252.
[102:9] Goldzhier: Hebrew Mythology, pp. 130-135, and Smith's Chaldean Account of Genesis.
[103:1] Chaldean Account of Genesis, pp. 27, 28.
[103:2] See Note, p. 109.
[103:3] See Inman: Ancient Faiths, vol. ii. p. 685.
[103:4] "_Targum._"--The general term for the Aramaic versions of the Old Testament.
[103:5] In Genesis xxiii. 2, Abraham is called rich in gold and in silver.
[103:6] See Volney's Researches in Ancient History, pp. 144-147.
[104:1] The Religion of Israel, p. 49.
[104:2] Bell's Pantheon, vol. i. p. 122. Higgins: vol. ii. p. 19.
[104:3] In claiming the "mighty man" and "lion-killer" as one of their own race, the Jews were simply doing what other nations had done before them. The Greeks claimed Hercules as _their_ countryman; stated where he was born, and showed his tomb. The Egyptians affirmed that he was born in _their_ country (see Tacitus, Annals, b. ii. ch. lix.), and so did many other nations.
[105:1] See Knight: Ancient Art and Mythology, pp. 92, 93.
[105:2] Chaldean Account of Genesis, pp. 168 and 174; and a.s.syrian Discoveries, p. 167.
[105:3] Chaldean Account of Genesis, p. 168.
[105:4] See The Religion of Israel, p. 12; and Chadwick's Bible of To-Day, p. 55.
[105:5] See The Religion of Israel, p. 41, and Chadwick's Bible of To-Day, p. 24.
[106:1] The Science of Religion, p. 48.
[107:1] They even claimed that one of the "lost tribes of Israel" had found their way to America, and had taught the natives _Hebrew_.
[107:2] The Science of Religion, pp. 285, 292.
[107:3] "It is an _a.s.sumption_ of the
Even such authorities as Paley and Milman have written in this strain.
(See quotations from Paley's "_Evidences of Christianity_," and Dean Milman's "_History of the Jews_," made by Mr. Greg in his "_Creed of Christendom_," p. 145.)
[107:4] See the Bible for Learners, vol. i. p. 321, vol. ii. p. 102; and Dunlap: Mysteries of Adoni, p. 108.
[108:1] See the Bible for Learners, vol. i. pp. 317, 418; vol. ii. p.
301. Dunlap's Son of the Man, p. 3, and his Spirit Hist., pp. 68 and 182. Inman: Ancient Faiths, vol. ii. pp. 782, 783; and Goldziher: Hebrew Mythol., pp. 227, 240, 242.
[108:2] The Bible for Learners, vol. i. p. 317. Dunlap's Son of the Man, p. 3; and Spirit Hist., p. 68. Also, Goldziher: Hebrew Mythol., p. 159.
[108:3] The Bible for Learners, vol. i. p. 26, and 317; vol. ii. p. 301 and 328. Dunlap's Son of the Man, p. 3. Dunlap's Spirit Hist., 68; Mysteries of Adoni, pp. xvii. and 108; and The Religion of Israel, p.
38.
[108:4] Bunsen: Keys of St. Peter, pp. 101, 102.
[108:5] The Bible for Learners, vol. i. pp. 175-178, 317, 322, 448.
[108:6] Ibid. 115.
[108:7] Ibid. i. 23, 321; ii. 102, 103, 109, 264, 274. Dunlap's Spirit Hist., p. 108. Inman: Ancient Faiths, vol. i. p. 438; vol. ii. p. 30.
[108:8] The Bible for Learners, vol. i. pp. 88, 318; vol. ii. pp. 102, 113, 300. Dunlap: Son of the Man, p. 3; and Mysteries of Adoni, p. xvii.
Muller: The Science of Religion, p. 261.
[108:9] The Bible for Learners, vol. i. pp. 21-25, 105, 391; vol. ii.
pp. 102, 136-138. Dunlap: Son of the Man, p. 3. Mysteries of Adoni, pp.
106, 177. Inman: Ancient Faiths, vol. ii. pp. 782, 783. Bunsen: The Keys of St. Peter, p. 91. Muller: The Science of Religion, p. 181. _Bal_, _Bel_ or _Belus_ was an idol of the Chaldeans and Phenicians or Canaanites. The word _Bal_, in the Punic language, signifies Lord or Master. The name _Bal_ is often joined with some other, as _Bal_-berith, _Bal_-peor, _Bal_-zephon, &c. "The Israelites made him their G.o.d, and erected altars to him on which they offered human sacrifices," and "what is still more unnatural, they _ate_ of the victims they offered."
(Bell's Pantheon, vol. i. pp. 113, 114.)
[108:10] The Bible for Learners, vol. i. pp. 17, 26; vol. ii. pp. 102, 299, 300. Bunsen: Keys of St. Peter, p. 110. Muller: The Science of Religion, p. 285. _Moloch_ was a G.o.d of the Ammonites, also wors.h.i.+ped among the Israelites. Solomon built a temple to him, on the Mount of Olives, _and human sacrifices were offered to him_. (Bell's Pantheon, vol. ii. pp. 84, 85.)
[108:11] The Bible for Learners, vol. i. p. 153; vol. ii. pp. 71, 83, 125. Smith's Bible Dictionary art. "Chemosh."
[108:12] The Bible for Learners, vol. i. pp. 26, 117, 148, 319, 320; vol. ii. pp. 16, 17, 299, 300. Dunlap's Spirit Hist., pp. 108, 222.
Inman: Ancient Faiths, vol. ii. pp. 100, 101. Muller: Science of Religion, p. 261. Bell's Pantheon, vol. i. 113, 114; vol. ii. 84, 85.
[108:13] See note 9 above.
[108:14] See Bunsen: Keys of St. Peter, 291.
[108:15] Ibid. p. 27.
[108:16] Goldziher: Hebrew Mythology, p. 319