III. Chapters xv., xvi. 511 IV. The Component Parts of Chapters iii.-xiv. 512 V. The Vision of the Man Rising from the Sea 515 VI. The Eagle Vision 517 VII. The Salathiel Apocalypse 522 VIII. An Ezra Legend 528 INDEXES— General 533 Passages from the Old Testament 545 Passages from the Apocrypha 547 Passages from the Pseudepigrapha 552 Passages from the New Testament 552 Passages from Rabbinical Literature 553 Introductory The book here presented is divided into two parts: the first, which is somewhat longer than the second, deals with preliminary questions; the second is occupied with some account of the nature and contents of the books comprised under the term “Apocrypha.” To those whose studies have not been concerned with early Jewish uncanonical literature it may appear that many of the subjects discussed in Part I are inappropriate, or at any rate unnecessary, because they lead, apparently, far away from the main subject to be dealt with. Students of the Apocrypha will know, however, that a really intelligent and adequate study of this body of ancient literature necessitates research into a number of topics which do not at first sight appear to show a direct connexion with the main subject. Nevertheless, for the benefit of those who have not made a study of the Apocrypha, it may be well to justify at the outset the incursion into the many side-issues dealt with in the “Prolegomena” (Part I) by showing that the consideration of them is really indispensable for a proper understanding of the Apocrypha, its origin, and its _raison d’être_.