4, and following, xli.

1, 2, xliv.

9).

The author of the book of _Wisdom_ holds quite opposite opinions (iv.

1, Greek text).] [Footnote 3: Esth.xiv.6, 7 (apocr.); the apocryphal Epistle of Baruch (Fabricius, _Cod.pseud., V.T._, ii.p.147, and following).] [Footnote 4: 2 _Macc._ vii.] [Footnote 5: _Pirke Aboth._, i.