Since we can learn absolutely nothing that is rationally reliable concerning the “last Adam” from the Old Testament, it becomes necessary for us to consult comparatively modern history. The advent of Jesus was made, if made at all within the historic period, scarcely nineteen hundred years ago. If such a person appeared among men at that time, there must be some written record of so wonderful an event by contemporary parties. In the Jewish Talmud, a perfect wilderness of religious and secular speculations, we find many spiteful and distorted allusions to one Jesus who went into Egypt and learned sorcery and magic, and by such influence raised a tumult among the people and led away a party of deluded followers. Whether this was Jesus of Nazareth it is impossible to say. There were many persons bearing similar names. There is at the present day much ignorance—or at least indifference—even among intelligent Christians, to the fact that the very name of Jesus is not of Hebrew, but of Greek origin, as indeed is the whole history of his life as related in the four Gospels; and no one but those who have a previous theory to uphold can believe that the people of Jerusalem during the time of Christ spoke any other language than that spoken by their forefathers. From this we will pass to other instances where the name of Jesus is applied to others not named in the Gospels; and it will be a matter of surprise to many to know that no less than fifteen, most of them living at the time of the Christian era, are named by the Jewish historian Josephus as bearing the name of Jesus: 1. Jesus, son of Josedek (Ant., xi. iii. 10, iv. 1). 2. Jesus, sumamed Jason, son of Simon (Ant., xi. iii. 10, iv. 1). 3. Jesus, son of Phabet (Ant., xv. ix. 3). 4. Jesus, son of Sie (Ant., xvii. xiii. 1). 5. Jesus, son of Damneus (Ant., xx. ix. 1). 6. Jesus, son of Gamaliel (Ant., xx. ix. 4). 7. Jesus, son of Sapphias ( Wars, ii. xx. 4). 8. Jesus, son of Shaphat ( Wars, iii. ix. 7). 9. Jesus, son of Ananus ( Wars, iv. iv. 9). 10. Jesus, son of Ananus, a plebeian ( Wars, vi. v. 3). 11. Jesus, son of Gamala (Life, 38, 41). 12. Jesus, a high priest ( Wars, vi. ii. 2). 13. Jesus, son of Thebuthi ( Wars, vi. viii. 3). 14. Jesus, father of Elymas. 15. Jesus, surnamed Barabbas.