[44] See, for Cheyne's view, his _Decline and Fall of Judah. Introduction_ (1908). The former tendency has many supporters; see, among recent writers, N. Schmidt, _Hibbert Journal_ (1908), pp. 322 sqq.; C. F. Burney, _Journ. Theol. Stud._ (1908), pp. 321 sqq.; O. A. Toffteen, _The Historic Exodus_ (1909), pp. 120 sqq.; especially Meyer and Luther, _Die Israeliten_, pp. 442-440, &c. For the early recognition of the evidence in question, see J. Wellhausen, _De gentibus et familiis Judaeis_ (Göttingen, 1870); _Prolegomena_ (Eng. trans.), pp. 216 sqq., 342 sqq., and 441-443 (from art. "Israel," § 2, _Ency. Brit._ 9th ed.); also A. Kuenen, _Relig. of Israel_ (i. 135 seq., 176-182); W. R. Smith, _Prophets of Israel_, pp. 28 seq., 379. [45] For the prominence of the "southern" element in Judah see E. Meyer, _Entstehung d. Judenthums_ (1896), pp. 119, 147, 167, 177, 183 n. 1; _Israeliten_, pp. 352 n. 5, 402, 429 seq. [46] See § 23 end, and LEVITES. When Edom is renowned for wisdom and a small Judaean family boasts of sages whose names have south Palestinian affinity (1 Chron. ii. 6), and when such names as Korah, Heman, Ethan and Obed-edom, are associated with psalmody, there is no inherent improbability in the conjecture that the "southern" families settled around Jerusalem may have left their mark in other parts of the Old Testament. It is another question whether such literature can be identified (for Cheyne's views, see _Ency. Bib._ "Prophetic Literature," "Psalms," and his recent studies). [47] One may recall, in this connexion, Caxton's very interesting prologue to Malory's _Morte d'Arthur_ and his remarks on the permanent value of the "histories" of this British hero. [Cf. also Horace, _Ep._ 1. ii. and R. Browning, "Development."] [48] It is noteworthy that Josephus, who has his own representation of the post-exilic age, allows two years and four months for the work (_Ant._ xi. 5, 8). [49] The papyri from Elephantine (p. 282, n. 1, above) mention as contemporaries the Jerusalem priest Johanan (cf. the son of Joiada and father of Jaddua, Neh. xii. 22), Bagohi (Bagoas), governor of Judah, and Delaiah and Shelemiah sons of Sanballat (408-407 B.C.) They ignore any strained relations between Samaria and Judah, and Delaiah and Bagohi unite in granting permission to the Jewish colony to rebuild their place of worship. If this fixes the date of Sanballat and Nehemiah in the time of the first Artaxerxes, the probability of confusion in the later written sources is enhanced by the recurrence of identical names of kings, priests, &c., in the history.