with approval by Meyer, _Geschichte des Alten Aegyptens_, p.
401; cf. Lehmann-Haupt, in Roscher's _Lexikon_, article
"Sarapis," col. 362 ff.

[2067] Cf. Hopkins, _Religions of India_, chap. xix; J.
Estlin Carpenter, "Buddhist and Christian Parallels" in
_Studies in the History of Religions presented to C. H.
Toy_.

[2068] Against this view see Breastad, _History of Egypt_,
p. 578 ff.

[2069] _De Vita Contemplativa_; see the edition of F. C.
Conybeare. The work is probably to be considered genuine.

[2070] Philo, _Quod omnis probus liber_; Pliny, _Historia
Naturalis_, v, 17; Josephus, _Antiquities_, xviii, 1, and
_War_, ii, 8; Schuerer, _The Jewish People in the Time of
Jesus Christ_ (Eng. tr.), II, ii, 188 ff. (and the
bibliography there given); articles in Cheyne, _Encyclopaedia
Biblica_, and Hastings, _Dictionary of the Bible_.

[2071] From the geographical and historical conditions a
Pythagorean origin (perhaps indirect) seems the more
probable.

[2072] The earliest appearance of an Essene is in the latter
part of the second century B.C. (Josephus, _Antiquities_,
xiii, 11, Sec. 2).

[2073] Roscher, _Lexikon_, article "Sarapis," col. 362 f.

[2074] See references given above in Sec. 1121, note.

[2075] Rhys Davids, _Buddhism_; R. S. Copleston, _Buddhism_.

[2076] Ezekiel, early in the sixth century, and Haggai and
Zechariah in the latter part of the century, show no
consciousness of the existence of authoritative writings.

[2077] Cf. G. F. Moore, "The Definition of the Jewish Canon
and the Repudiation of Christian Scriptures" in _Essays in
Modern Theology and Related Subjects ... Testimonial to C.
A. Briggs_.

[2078] G. Wildeboer, _Het Onstaan van den Kanon des Ouden
Verbonds_; H. E. Ryle, _Canon of the Old Testament_;
articles "Canon" in _Encyclopaedia Biblica_, "Bible Canon" in
_Jewish Encyclopedia_, "Kanon des Alten Testaments" in
Herzog-Hauck, _Real-Encyklopaedie_.

[2079] See the _Longer Catechism of Philaret_, 1839.

[2080] T. Zahn, _Gesichte des neutestamentlichen Kanons_, E.
C. Moore, _The New Testament in the Christian Church_;
article "Canon" in _Encyclopaedia Biblica_.

[2081] _Historia Naturalis_, xxx, chap. i, Sec. 2.

[2082] The question whether any of this material went back
to Zoroaster must here be left undecided.

[2083] Spiegel, _Eranische Alterthumskunde_, iii, 778 ff.

[2084]