132 – The year was not so determined in that era that the same number of weeks, or Sabbaths, would always occur one year with another, some years having as many as fifty-four Sabbaths, or thirteen months. Ayres’ Dictionary, “Chronology.” 133 – “Talmud,” Berokoth, 12; Etheridge, “Introduction to Hebrew Literature,” p. 201. 134 – Westcott, “Bible in the Church,” p. 29. 135 – Westcott, p. 36. 136 – “The Book of Esther,” Andover, 1885. p. 18. 137 – Described hereafter, p. 204. 138 – The Septuagint gave it the name “Numbers,” but the English is the translation of the Greek, but in the other case the Greek words are used in English letters. 139 – The “Book of the Dead” is found in more than one copy, though originally one, having been added to――hence we use the plural term. Called also “Ritual of the Dead.” Rawlinson’s “Religions of the Ancient World,” p. 26, note. 140 – Baedeker’s “Egypt,” p. 210. 141 – Prideaux states that there were 100,000 Jews in Alexandria at this time, B. C. 270. 142 – Both Josephus and Philo gave descriptions of this class of Jews under the name of Essenes, holy men. See Prideaux, Part II., Bk. 5, also Etheridge’s “Introduction to Hebrew Literature,” p. 21. 143 – “Introduction to Hebrew Literature,” Etheridge, p. 29. 144 – See Parkhurst’s Lexicon, “Sanhedrin,” p. 825. 145 – “Introduction to Hebrew Literature,” Etheridge, p. 29. 146 – Etheridge, “Introduction to Jewish Literature,” p. 88. Jerusalem was destroyed and the Temple burned A. D. 70. 147 – Simon Ben Yochai, time of the Emperor Antonine. “Introduction to Hebrew Literature,” p. 82. 148 – He was head of the Sanhedrin B. C. 32. “Introduction to Hebrew Literature,” p. 37. 149 – In the Gamara, tract Sanhedrin, fol. 21, 22, Conder’s “Handbook,” p. 174. 150 – As seen in the inscription in the Siloam tunnel, “Echoes of Bible History,” Bishop Walsh, p. 282. 151 – Conder’s “Handbook to the Bible,” London, 1887, p. 173. 152 – Recently discovered by Dr. Ginsburg, in British Museum. 153 – Bishop Walsh’s “Echoes of Bible History,” p. 257. 154 – The books are “Jasher,” Josh. 10:13; 2 Sam. 1:18; “The Acts of Solomon,” 1 Kings 11:41; “The Book of Nathan,” 1 Chron. 29:29; 2 Chron. 9:29; “The Prophecy of Ahijah, the Shilonite,” and “Iddo” (Yeddo), “the Seer, against Jeroboam,” 2 Chron. 9:29; “The Book of Shemaiah;” “The Book of Jehu,” the son of Hanani, 2 Chron. 12:15; 20:34; “The Sayings of the Seers,” 2 Chron. 33:19; and the “Lamentations over Josiah,” which are not the same as those over Jerusalem which we have in the Old Testament. 155 – Josephus’ “Antiquities,” lib. 13, ch. 18. Prideaux, B. II., ch. 5., p. 31. 156 – Bloomfield’s “Notes,” Matt. 1:1.