[13] For authorities on Laò-tsé, see vol. ii. chap. vi. section ii.
[14] Julien assigns B. C. 604 as the date, but confesses that he has no authority but historical tradition. L. V. V. xix.
[15] The following works may be advantageously consulted with reference to the Buddha Sakyamuni:—Notices on the Life of Shakya, by Csoma Korosi; Asiatic Researches, vol. xx. part ii. p. 285: the Rgya Tch'er Rol Pa, par Ph. Ed. Foucaux; Hardy's Manual of Buddhism; Bigandet's Life or Legend of Gautama, the Buddha of the Burmese; Alabaster's Wheel of the Law; and Koeppen's Religion des Buddha, vol. i. p. 71, ff. Some information will also be found in my article on "Recent Publications on Buddhism", in the Theological Review for July, 1872.
[16] For an account of all that is to be made out concerning this prophet, see Haug's Parsees, p. 258-264.
[17] Yasna liii. 1-3. The translations contained in this section are taken either from Dr. Haug's F. G., or his Parsees. Here and there I have ventured to amend his English without altering the sense.
[18] The source from which this notice is mainly drawn is Sprenger, "Das Leben und die Lehre des Mohammed," 3 vols. In addition to this I have consulted Muir's "Life of Mahomet;" Caussin de Perceval, "Les Arabes;" Gustav Weil, "Mohammed der Prophet," and other works. The facts here stated will generally be found in Sprenger. The translations of Koranic passages are taken from Rodwell's Koran.
[19] The author of "The Messiah" (London, 1872) contends that he was not only a master builder, but the principal builder of Nazareth. His remarks on this subject (pp. 91 ff.) deserve consideration, though they are not conclusive.
[20] Lu. xi. 19. I use this verse, not as evidence that Jesus actually spoke the words ascribed to him, but that the practice of casting out devils was common to Jesus and the disciples of the Pharisees.
[21] Kings omitted in the Gospel are inserted in brackets and italicized.
[22] Mt. i. 1-17; Lu. iii. 23-38.