_The Poetical Works_ of Behâ-ed-Dîn Zoheir of Egypt. By E.H. Palmer, Cambridge 1876, I. 108. 7. It is impossible to quote this edition without an expression of admiration for the perfection to which Arabic typography has been brought in England in this magnificent Oriental work, the production of which redounds to the imperishable credit of the University of Cambridge. It may be pronounced one of the most beautiful Oriental books that have ever been printed in Europe; and the learning of the editor worthily rivals the technical get-up of the creations of the soul of one of the most tasteful poets of Islâm, the study of which will contribute not a little to save the honour of the poetry of the Arabs. Here first we make the acquaintance of a poet who gives us something better than monotonous descriptions of camels and deserts, and may even be regarded as superior in charm to al-Mutanabbî. Footnote 540: _Beiträge zur Geschichte der Sprachgelehrsamkeit bei den Arabern_, no. 1, in the _Sitzungsberichte der kais. Akademie der Wissenschaften_, Vienna 1871, Jan. p. 222 _et seq._; or in the reprint p. 18 _et seq._ Footnote 541: Wallin’s articles in the _Zeitsch. d. D. M. G._, 1851, V. 17; but see above p. 43. Footnote 542: See Vatke, _Biblische Theologie_, p. 327, and Gesenius, _Thesaurus_, p. 711, where importance is attached to this. Footnote 543: The conception of Cherubim penetrated even into Mohammedan regions, e.g. Ḥâfiẓ, ed. Rosenzweig, III. 526 _penult._, chalweti kerrûbiân ʿâlem-i-ḳuds. Footnote 544: _Ueber die südarabische Sage_, Leipzig 1866 p. 27. Footnote 545: See Gesenius, _Thesaurus_, p. 697. Footnote 546: See Dillmann, in Schenkel’s _Bibellexikon_, I. 511. Footnote 547: _Ibid._, V. 284. ----- CHAPTER VI. _THE MYTH OF CIVILISATION AND THE FIRST SHAPING OF HEBREW RELIGION._ § 1. In close connexion with that stage of development of the myth-producing faculty which is inaugurated by the beginnings of agricultural life, is found a natural consequence of the solar myth among agriculturists—the Myth of Civilisation.