Legends of Old Testament characters, from the Talmud and other sources

by S. Baring-Gould

[201]. Ed. Dillmann, c. 67.

[202]. Ed. Etheridge, i. p. 182.

[203]. Gen. v. 20.

[204]. In the Midrash Rabba, this want of connection between the name and the signification is remarked upon, and Solomon Jarki in his commentary says that, for the meaning assigned, the name ought to have been, not Noah, but Menahem.

[205]. Buttmann, Ueber der Mythus d. Sündfluth, Berlin, 1819; Lüken, Die Traditionen des Menschengeschlechts, Münster, 1856; Bryant, Of the Deluge, in Ancient Mythology, London, 1775, &c.

[206]. Parrot, Journey to Ararat, English Trans. Lond. 1845.

[207]. Joseph. Antiq., i. 3; see also Ptolem. Geogr. vi. 2.

[208]. Joseph. Antiq., i. 4.

[209]. Euseb. Præp. Evang. ix. 19.

[210]. Lucian, De Dea Syra, c. 12, 13.