Plato, his supposed prophecy of Jesus, 188 note;
Mr. Robertson’s arguments leave no room for historicity, 57;
his virgin birth compatible, according to Mr. Robertson, with his reality, 58
Play, annual mystery-plays of Jesus invented by Mr. Robertson, 48 foll., 91, 135 foll.
Pliny’s notice of the Christians of Bithynia, 40, 162 foll.;
Prof. W. B. Smith’s attempt to explain it away, 163
Poggio interpolated Tacitus from Sulpicius Severus, according to Dr. Drews, 161 foll.
Pre-Christian Jesus, no evidence needed to prove his reality, according to Prof. W. B. Smith, 32;
far-fetched character of the hypothesis, 35 foll.
Prephilological etymologies of Messrs. Robertson and Drews, 70, 179
Proteus—Peter, 63, 143
Pythagoras, judged by the rules of the hypercritics, not an historical figure, 5
Q, or the non-Marcan source embedded in Matthew and Luke, 10
Reduplications, rhetorical, their frequency in Hebrew literature, 24, 76