[288]. Following the precedent of the Epilogue (xii. 9), I designate the author by the name which he has invented for his hero.
[289]. There is a touch of humour in the expression, which can perhaps best be reproduced in our northern Doric, ‘Be not unco’ guid.’
[290]. I follow Sept. and Dr. Merx. The received reading is very harsh.
[291]. Geschichte des Volkes Jisrael, iii. 30.
[292]. Renan, L’Antéchrist, p. 228.
[293]. On the rhythm, comp. Bickell, Der Prediger (1884), pp. 27, 46-53.
[294]. Die alttestamentliche Literatur, p. 173.
[295]. ‘Dazu so ist’s wie ein Talmud aus vielen Büchern zusammengezogen.’ Luther’s Tischreden, quoted in Ginsburg, p. 113.
[296]. See Supplementary Chapter.
[297]. De rerum naturâ, i. 140 (appositely quoted by Mr. Tyler).