See last note. In the Acts, Bar-jesus or Elymas the sorcerer, the seven sons of Sceva, and some of those who burned their magical books at Ephesus, are said to be Jews. Harnack, _Expansion of Christianity_, Eng. ed. I. pp. 156, 157, says the Jews were known as exorcisers of demons throughout the Roman Empire. Footnote 119: Origen, _cont. Cels._ Bk IV. c. 33. Cf. _ibid._ c. 34, and Bk I. c. 22. Also Justin Martyr’s _Dial. c. Tryph._ c. LXXXV. Footnote 120: See Chapter III, vol. I. n. 6, p. 106, _supra_. Footnote 121: Karl Wessely, in _Expositor_, Series III, vol. IV. (1886), pp. 194 _sqq._, gives many specimens of these spells. The papyri from which they are taken are printed in full in his _Griechische Zauberpapyrus von Paris und London_, Wien, 1888, and his _Neue Griechische Zauberpapyri_, Wien, 1893. See also Parthey, _Zwei griechische Zauberpapyri des Berliner Museums_, Berlin, 1866; Leemans, _Papyri Graeci Mus. Ant. Publ. Lugduni Batavi_, t. II., Leyden, 1885, and Kenyon, _Gk. Papyri in B.M._ before quoted. Footnote 122: They sometimes speak of certain expressions being used by the ἀρχιερεῖς “high priests,” Leemans, _op. cit._ t. II. p. 29. Does this mean the adepts in magic or the heads of a sect? Footnote 123: Origen, _cont. Cels._ Bk. I. c. 24. Footnote 124: So Kuenen, _Religion of Israel_ (Eng. ed.), III. p. 314, says that the existence of the Cabala is indicated in the Talmud. Footnote 125: See Chapter V, vol. I. pp. 169, 170, _supra_. Footnote 126: The Sumerian moon-god, Nannar, was denoted by the number 30, Marduk called 50 and so on. See King, _Seven Tablets of Creation_, 1902, I. p. 66. Footnote 127: See Chapter VII, _supra_. Footnote 128: Isidore Loeb, _La Grande Encyclopédie_, _s.v._ La Cabbale juive; _ibid._ F. Herman Krüger, _s.v._ Gnosticisme, and Franck, _La Kabbale_, Paris, 1843, p. 203, both notice the likeness between Gnosticism and the Cabala and say that they are derived from the same source. Footnote 129: See the Sumerian Hymn of Creation translated by Sayce, _Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia_ (Gifford Lectures), Edinburgh, 1902, p. 380; Jastrow, _Religion of Babylonia and Assyria_, Boston, U.S.A. 1898, p. 490; King, _Seven Tablets_, p. 3; Rogers, _Rel. of Bab._, p. 108. Footnote 130: “Au commencement était le Nun, l’océan primordial, dans les profondeurs infinies duquel flottaient les germes des choses. De toute éternité Dieu s’engendra et s’enfanta lui-même au sein de cette masse liquide sans forme encore et sans usage.” Maspero, _Hist. Ancienne des Peuples de l’Orient_, p. 326. Footnote 131: Diogenes Laertius, _Vit. Philosoph._ Bk I. c. 6. Footnote 132: