[57] It is at least a coincidence that the prophet who took the part of Tobiah and Sanballat against Nehemiah (vi. 10 seq.) bears the same name as the one who advised Rehoboam to acquiesce in the disruption (1 Kings xii. 21-24), or announced the divine selection of Jeroboam (ib. v. 24, Septuagint only). [58] See HEBREW RELIGION, § 8 seq., and the relevant portions of the histories of Israel. [59] J. Wellhausen, art. "Israel," _Ency. Brit._ 9th ed., vol. xiii. p. 419; or his _Prolegomena_, pp. 497 seq. [60] An instructive account of Judaism in the early post-exilic age on critical lines (from the Jewish standpoint) is given by C. G. Montefiore, _Hibbert Lectures_ (1892), pp. 355 sqq.; cf. also the sketch by I. Abrahams, _Judaism_ (1907). [61] Cf. the story of Phinehas, Num. xxv. 6 sqq.; on Gen. xxxiv., see SIMEON. Apropos of hostility towards Samaria, it is singular that the term of reproach, "Cutheans," applied to the Samaritans is derived from Cutha, the famous seat of the god Nergal, only some 25 m. N.E. of Babylon itself (see above, p. 286, n. 4). [62] The various tendencies which can be observed in the later pseudepigraphical and apocalyptical writings are of considerable value in any consideration of the development of thought illustrated in the Old Testament itself. [63] Reference may be made to H. Winckler, _Gesch. Israels_, ii. (1900); W. Erbt, _Die Hebräer_ (1906); and T. K. Cheyne, _Traditions and Beliefs of Ancient Israel_ (1907). [64] On the writers mentioned below see articles s.v. [65] For the importance of the Portuguese Jews, see PORTUGAL: _History_.