[36] Test. Naphtali, viii, 4. [↑]
[37] This is ably argued by Prof. Smith. [↑]
[40] Cp. Soltau, Das Fortleben des Heidentums in d. altchr. Kirche, 1906; S.H.C. 67 sq., 101 sq.; J. A. Farrer, Paganism and Christianity, R.P.A. rep. passim. [↑]
[41] C.M. 220 and note 2. Cp. W. J. Wilkins, Paganism in the Papal Church, 1901. [↑]
[42] Cp. Saint-Yves, Les Saints successeurs des Dieux, 1907; J. Rendel Harris, The Dioscuri in the Christian Legends, 1903. [↑]
[43] Compare Soltau’s remarks on the hostility still shown to professional scholars who merely reject the Virgin Birth (work cited, p. 2), and the plea of Brandt for his piety (Die evangelische Geschichte, Vorwort). [↑]