[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 Worship." [101:3] In chap. ii. [101:4] See Assyrian Discoveries, pp. 167, 168, and Chaldean Account of Genesis. [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 Assyrian 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.