VII. The Pharisaic Additions to Ecclesiasticus 340 VIII. The Value of the Book for the Study of the New Testament 345 CHAPTER II THE BOOK OF TOBIT 349 I. The Story of Achikar the Wise 350 II. The Relationship between the Book of Tobit and the Story of Achikar the Wise 353 III. The Contents of the Book of Tobit 357 IV. The Religious Standpoint of the Writer 360 V. The Date of the Book, its Integrity and Place of Origin 365 VI. The Value of the Book for New Testament Study 368 CHAPTER III THE BOOK OF JUDITH 372 I. Contents and Character of the Book 372 II. Variety of Form of the Judith Story 379 III. The Teaching and Purpose of the Book 381 IV. The Date of the Book 382 V. The Original Language of the Book 384 CHAPTER IV THE ADDITIONS TO THE BOOK OF DANIEL 385 I. Preliminary Remarks 385 II. The Prayer of Azariah 386 III. The Song of the Three Children 390 IV. The Story of Susanna 391 V. Bel and the Dragon 394 CHAPTER V THE ADDITIONS TO THE BOOK OF ESTHER 398 I. The Nature and Object of the Additions 398 II. Authorship and Date of the Additions 403 CHAPTER VI THE PRAYER OF MANASSES 404 I. The Contents of the Prayer 404 II. The Origin of the Prayer 405 III. The Date of the Prayer 409 IV. The Writer and the Language in which he wrote 410 CHAPTER VII THE FIRST BOOK OF MACCABEES 411 I. Title and Authorship of the Book 411 II. The Date of the Book 413 III. The Original Language and Literary Character of the Book 414 IV. The Sources of the Book 415 V. The History of the Maccabæan Struggle 423 (_a_) The Conquests of Alexander the Great, and the division of his Empire 424