There are also a few female proper names in the Bible of similar interest. Besides the names of _Eve_ and _Sarah_, to which reference has already been made, there is the name _Miriam_ (‪מרים‬, from ‪מרי‬, “rebellion”), which suggests her and her brother Aaron's revolt against Moses on the occasion of his marrying the Cushite woman. Jacob's only daughter was called _Dinah_ (‪דינה‬, from ‪דין‬), signifying “judgment,” and that name seems to have foreshadowed punishment for her unprotected wanderings. _Deborah_ (‪דבורה‬), “The Bee,” made the enemies of her race feel her sting in the great battle that she fought against them. Another Biblical heroine, _Hannah_ (‪חנה‬, from ‪חון‬, “to pray,” or ‪חנן‬, “to be favoured”), afterwards received that favour which her name prognosticated. She longed and prayed for a son, whose life was to be wholly devoted to the service of God, and her prayer was favourably received. She subsequently became the mother of Samuel, who was the first of the regular and unbroken succession of prophets. Footnotes: [43-1] Cp. the ἑλέναυς, ἕλανδρος, ἑλέπολις of Aesch. _Agam._ 689, and the play on the word Πενθεύς in Eurip. _Bacch._ 508. VI SKETCH OF THE TALMUD The old proverb “Habent sua fata libelli” is perhaps nowhere more strikingly illustrated than in the Talmud. This gigantic literary work has a peculiar history of its own. Now honoured, now decried, it has been at once the study of the scholar, the butt of the sceptic, and the scapegoat of the bigot.