[55] "Yesht," xix. 46.
[56] "Vendidâd," i. 5-8.
[57] Demons.
[58] It is rather remarkable that the life of Adam, which, according to Genesis, was one of 930 years, should so nearly approach this duration.
[59] Genii.
[60] In the "Yacna" (xxxii. 8) it is Yima who teaches men to cut meat in pieces and to eat it. Windeschman has rightly compared this with Genesis ix. 3.
[61] "Bundehesh," xv.
[62] "Chaldean Account of Genesis," p. 83. The original text is given in Friedrich Delitzsch's "Assyrische Losestücke," 2nd edition, p. 91.
[63] See E. Ledrain: "Histoire d'Israel," vol. i. p. 416.
[64] See Rawlinson: "The Five Great Monarchies of the Ancient World," 2nd edition, vol. ii. p. 7.