he first place at least perhaps
probability, that the writer is quoting from some apocryphal work
no longer extant. It may be interesting to give one or two short
examples of the completeness with which the process of welding has
been carried out. Thus in c. xvii, the following reply is put into
the mouth of Moses when he receives his commission at the burning
bush, [Greek: tis eimi ego hoti me pempeis; ego de eimi
ischnophonos kai braduglossos.] The text of Exod. iii. 11 is
[Greek: tis eimi ego, oti poreusomai;] the rest of the quotation
is taken from Exod. iv. 10. In c. xxxiv Clement introduces 'the
Scripture' as saying, [Greek: Muriai muriades pareistaekeisan auto
kai chiliai chiliades eleitourgoun auto kai ekekragon agios,
agios, agios, Kurios Sabaoth, plaeraes pasa hae ktisis taes doxaes
autou.] The first part of this quotation comes from Dan. vii. 10;
the second, from [Greek: kai ekekragon], which is part of the
quotation, from Is. vi. 3. These examples have been taken almost
at random; the others are blended quite as thoroughly.

Some of the cases of combination and some of the divergences of
text may be accounted for by the assumption of lost apocryphal
books or texts; but it would be wholly impossible, and in fact no
one would think of so attempting to account for all. There can be
little doubt that Clement quotes from memory, and none that he
quotes at times very freely.

We come next to the so-called Epistle of Barnabas, the quotations
in which I proceed to tabulate in the same way:--

_Barnabas._

_Exact._ | _Slightly | _Variant._ | _Remarks._
| Variant._ | |
|+2. Is. 1.11-14. | |note for exactness.
| |2. Jer. 7.22,23. |} combination
| | Zec. 8.17. |} from memory?
| | Ps. 51.19. |strange addition.
|3. Is. 58.4, 5. | |
| Is. 58.6-10. | |
| |4. Dan. 7.24 |}very
| | Dan. 7.7, 8. |} divergent.
| | Ex. 34.28. |}combination
| | Ex. 31.18. |} from memory?
|4. Deut. 9.12. | |see below.
| (Ex. 32