525Tabari, i. p. 364.526Ibid., i. c. lxxv.527Targum of Palestine, i. p. 561.528Jalkut Rubeni, fol. 117, col. 1.529Jalkut Rubeni, fol. 107, cols. 2, 3.530Jalkut Rubeni, fol. 107, col. 3.531Tabari, i. p. 371; also Midrash, fol. 30.532Parascha R. Bechai, fol. 116.533Talmud, Tract. Hajada, fol. 12, col. 2.534Talmud, Tract. Joma, fol. 75, col. 1.535This is sanctioned by Scripture: “Thou feddest Thine own people with angels’ food, and didst send them from heaven bread prepared without their labor, able to content every man’s delight, and agreeing to every taste.” (Wisdom, xvi. 20.)536Talmud, Tract. Joma, fol. 75, col. 1; Schemoth Rabba, fol. 115, col. 4.537To this tradition perhaps David refers, Ps. xxiii. 5, lxxviii. 19.538Targum of Palestine, i. pp. 499, 500.539Jalkut Shimoni, fol. 73, col. 4.540Targum of Palestine, i. pp. 501, 502.541Tabari, i. p. 393.542Koran, Sura ii. v. 54.543Tabari, i. p. 394; but also Deut. viii. 4, Nehemiah ix. 21.5441 Cor. x. 4.545Tabari, i. p. 373.546See my “Curious Myths of the Middle Ages,” article on S. George. I have no doubt whatever that El Khoudr, identified by the Jews with Elias, is the original of the Wandering Jew. I did not know this when I wrote on the “Wandering Jew” in my “Curious Myths,” but I believe this to be the key to the whole story.547Weil, pp. 176-81; Tabari, i. c. lxxvi.; Koran, Sura xviii.548Voltaire has taken this legend as the basis of his story of “Zadig.”549Targums, ii. pp. 380, 381.550Weil, p. 175.551Targums, ii. p. 382.552Weil, p. 176.553Targums, ii. p. 386.554Tract. Kethuvoth, fol. 111, col. 2.555Targums, ii. p. 391.556Targum of Palestine, ii. p. 390.557Tabari, i. c. lxxvii.; Weil, pp. 182, 183; Abulfeda, p. 33.558Eisenmenger, ii. p. 305. Possibly the passage Zech. ix. 11, 12, may contain an allusion to this tradition.559Eisenmenger, ii. p. 305.560Pirke R. Eliezer, c. 45.561Perhaps the passage Isai. xl. 4 may be an allusion to this tradition.562Talmud, Tract. Beracoth, fol. 54, col. 2; Targum of Palestine, ii., pp. 411-13.563Talmud, Tract. Beracoth, fol. 54, col. 2; Targums, ii. p. 416; Yraschar, p. 1296.564Talmud, Tract. Sopherim, fol. 42, col. 2.565Ibid., Tract. Nida, fol. 24, col. 2.566Jalkut Cadasch, fol. 16, col. 2.567Eisenmenger, i. p. 389.568Talmud, Tract. Sopherim, fol. 14, col. 4.569Tabari, i. p. 398.570Gen. xxxi. 51.571Targums, ii. pp. 419-21.572Targums, ii. pp. 432-3.573Ibid., pp. 434-5.574Jalkut, fol. 240; Rabboth, fol. 275, col. 1; Midrash, fol. 285.575Weil, p. 185.576Tabari, i. c. lxxix.; Abulfeda, p. 35.577Rabboth, fol. 302 b; Devarim Rabba, fol. 246, col. 2.578Weil, pp. 188, 189.579Weil, p. 190.580Rabboth, fol. 302 b.581Weil, pp. 190, 191.582Lyra Anglicana, London, 1864, “The burial of Moses.”583Talmud, Tract. Sota, fol. 14 a.584Tabari, i. p. 396.585Talmud of Jerusalem; Tract. Terumoth.586Josh. vii. 1-5.587Tabari, i. p. 402.588Koran, Sura ii. v. 55, 56.589Tabari, p. 404.590Tabari, p. 401.591Ibid., p. 404.592Berescheth Rabba.593The Mussulmans say Khasqîl or Ezechiel.594Judges i. 4.595Tabari, i. p. 404.596Eisenmenger, i. p. 395.597Hist. Dynast., p. 24.598Tabari, i. c. lxxxvii.599D’Herbelot, Bibl. Orient., s. v. Aschmouil.600Koran, Sura ii. v. 247, 248.601Koran, Sura ii. v. 248.602D’Herbelot, Bibl. Orientale, t. i. p. 263.603Tabari, i. p. 417.604This incident, from the apocryphal gospels of the childhood of Christ, shall be related in the Legendary Lives of New Testament Characters.605Weil, pp. 193-8.606Koran, Sura ii. v. 250.607Tabari, i. p. 418.608Perhaps the Passage in Psalm cvii. 35 may refer to this miracle, unrecorded in Holy Scripture.609Weil, pp. 200, 201.610Koran, Sura ii. v. 251.611Weil, p. 203.612Tabari, i. p. 421.613Ibid.614Tabari, i. p. 422; Weil, pp. 202-4; D’Herbelot, i. p. 362.615Weil, pp. 205-8.616Tabari, i. p. 423. The same story is told of the escape of S. Felix of Nola, in the Decian persecution.617Tabari, p. 429.618Weil, p. 207.619Tabari, i. p. 424.620Ps. li. 5.621Midrash, fol. 204, col. 1.622Ps. cxviii. 22.623See the story in the Legends of Adam.624Zohar, in Bartolocci, i. fol. 85, col. 2.625Jalkut, fol. 32, col. 2 (Parasch. 2, numb. 134).626Ibid. (Parasch. 2, numb. 127).6271 Sam. xvii. 43.6282 Sam. iii. 29.629Zohar, in Bartolocci, i. fol. 99, col. 1.630Talmud, Tract. Sanhedrim, fol. 107.6311 Kings ii. 11.6322 Sam. v. 5.633Bartolocci, i. f. 100.6341 Sam. xxiv. 4.635Bartolocci, i. f. 122. col. 1.6361 Kings i. 1.637Bartolocci, i. f. 122. col. 2.638Ps. lvii. 9; Bartolocci, i. fol. 125, col. 2.639Talmud, Tract. Sota, fol. 10 b640Ps. xxii. 21.641Midrash Tillim, fol. 21, col. 2.642Eisenmenger, i. p. 409.643Ps. xviii. 36.644Ps. lv. 6.645Ps. lxviii. 13.646Talmud, Tract. Sanhedrim, fol. 95, col 1.647Tract. Sabbath, fol. 30, col. 2.648Tabari, i. p. 426; Weil, p. 208.649Weil, p. 207.650Tabari, p. 428.651The Arabs call her Saga.652The story in the Talmud is almost the same, with this difference: Bathsheba was washing herself behind a beehive, then the beautiful bird perched on the hive, and David shot an arrow at it and broke the hive, and exposed Bathsheba to view. In the Rabbinic tale, David had asked for the gift of prophecy, and God told him he must be tried. This he agreed to, and the temptation to adultery was that sent him. (Talmud, Tract. Sanhedrim, fol. 107, col. 2; Jalkut, fol. 22, col. 2).653Koran, Sura xxxviii.654Weil, pp. 212, 213.655Weil, pp. 213-224.656Greek text, and Latin translation in Fabricius; Pseudigr. Vet. Test. t. ii. pp. 905-7.657סגולות ורתואית; Amst. 1703.658Solomon was twelve years old when he succeeded David. (Abulfeda, p. 43; Bartolocci, iv. p. 371.)659Weil, pp. 225-231; Eisenmenger, p. 440, etc.660Weil, pp. 231-4.661The story of the building of the temple, with the assistance of Schamir, has been already related by me in my “Curious Myths of the Middle Ages.”662The Rabbinic story and the Mussulman are precisely the same, with the difference that Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, instead of the Jinns, lies in ambush and captures Sachr or Aschmedai (Asmodeus). (Eisenmenger, i. 351-8.) As I have given the Jewish version in my “Curious Myths of the Middle Ages,” I give the Arab story here.663Weil, pp. 234-7; Talmud, Tract. Gittin. fol. 68, cols. 1, 2.664Jalkut Schimoni, fol. 90, col. 4.665Tabari, i. p. 435.666Tabari, i. p. 436.667Koran, Sura xxvii.; Tabari, i. c. xxviii.; Weil, pp. 237-9.668The Jews also believed in a purgatory; see Bartolocci, i. 342.669Targum Scheni Esther, fol. 401 tells the same of the moorcock.670This is the letter according to Rabbinic authors: “Greeting to thee and to thine; from me, King Solomon. It is known to thee that the holy, ever-blessed God has made me lord and king over the wild beasts and birds of heaven, and over the devils, and spirits, and ghosts of the night, and that all kings, from the rising to the down-setting of the sun, come and greet me. If thou also wilt come and salute me, then I will show thee great honor above all the kings that lie prostrate before me. But if thou wilt not come, and wilt not salute me, then will I send kings, and soldiers, and horsemen against thee. And if thou sayest in thine heart, ‘Hath King Solomon kings, and soldiers, and horsemen?’ then know that the wild beasts are his kings, and soldiers, and horsemen. And if thou sayest, ‘What, then, are his horsemen?’ know that the birds of heaven are his horsemen. His army are ghosts, and devils, and spectres of the night; and they shall torment and slay you at night in your beds, and the wild beasts will rend you in the fields, and the birds will tear the flesh of you.” This letter, the Jews say, was sent to the Queen of Sheba by a moorcock. (Targum Scheni Esther, fol. 401, 440).671According to another account, “that she had ass’s legs” (Weil, p. 267). Tabari says, “hairy legs” (i. p. 441).672Weil, pp. 246-267; Tabari, i. cc. 94, 95.673Weil, pp. 267-9.674Tabari, i. c. xcvi. p. 448.675Weil, pp. 269-271; Tabari, pp. 450, 451.676Koran, Sura xxxviii.677Tabari, pp. 460, 461.678In the Jewish legend, Asmodeus. In “Curiosities of Olden times” I have pointed out the connection between the story of the disgrace of Solomon and that of Nebuchadnezzar, Jovinian, Robert of Sicily, etc.679Deut. xvii. 16, 17.680Emek Nammelek, fol. 14; Gittin, fol. 68, col. 2; Eisenmenger, i. pp. 358-60. The Anglo-Saxon story of Havelock the Dane bears a strong resemblance to this part of the story of Solomon.681Eisenmenger, i. pp. 358-60; Weil, pp. 271-4; Tabari, c. 96.682Weil, p. 274.683Eisenmenger, i. 361.684Tabari, p. 454.685Koran, Sura xxxiv.; Tabari, c. 97; Weil, p. 279.686Tabari, i. c. 84.687Das Buch der Sagen und Legenden jüdischer Yorzeit, p. 45; Stuttgardt, 1845.688Herbelot, Bibl. Orient., s. v. Zerib, iii. p. 607.689Gemara, Avoda Sara, c. i. fol. 65.690Anabasticon, iv. 2-12.691Anabasticon, v. 1-14.692Tract. Jebammoth, c. 4.693Exod. xxxiii. 20.694Isai. vi. 1.695Deut. iv. 7.696Isai. lv. 6.697Tabari, i. c. 83.698Bartolocci, i. p. 848.699Sura, ii.700Herbelot, Bibliothèque Orientale, iii. p. 89.
525Tabari, i. p. 364.
525Tabari, i. p. 364.
526Ibid., i. c. lxxv.
526Ibid., i. c. lxxv.
527Targum of Palestine, i. p. 561.
527Targum of Palestine, i. p. 561.
528Jalkut Rubeni, fol. 117, col. 1.
528Jalkut Rubeni, fol. 117, col. 1.
529Jalkut Rubeni, fol. 107, cols. 2, 3.
529Jalkut Rubeni, fol. 107, cols. 2, 3.
530Jalkut Rubeni, fol. 107, col. 3.
530Jalkut Rubeni, fol. 107, col. 3.
531Tabari, i. p. 371; also Midrash, fol. 30.
531Tabari, i. p. 371; also Midrash, fol. 30.
532Parascha R. Bechai, fol. 116.
532Parascha R. Bechai, fol. 116.
533Talmud, Tract. Hajada, fol. 12, col. 2.
533Talmud, Tract. Hajada, fol. 12, col. 2.
534Talmud, Tract. Joma, fol. 75, col. 1.
534Talmud, Tract. Joma, fol. 75, col. 1.
535This is sanctioned by Scripture: “Thou feddest Thine own people with angels’ food, and didst send them from heaven bread prepared without their labor, able to content every man’s delight, and agreeing to every taste.” (Wisdom, xvi. 20.)
535This is sanctioned by Scripture: “Thou feddest Thine own people with angels’ food, and didst send them from heaven bread prepared without their labor, able to content every man’s delight, and agreeing to every taste.” (Wisdom, xvi. 20.)
536Talmud, Tract. Joma, fol. 75, col. 1; Schemoth Rabba, fol. 115, col. 4.
536Talmud, Tract. Joma, fol. 75, col. 1; Schemoth Rabba, fol. 115, col. 4.
537To this tradition perhaps David refers, Ps. xxiii. 5, lxxviii. 19.
537To this tradition perhaps David refers, Ps. xxiii. 5, lxxviii. 19.
538Targum of Palestine, i. pp. 499, 500.
538Targum of Palestine, i. pp. 499, 500.
539Jalkut Shimoni, fol. 73, col. 4.
539Jalkut Shimoni, fol. 73, col. 4.
540Targum of Palestine, i. pp. 501, 502.
540Targum of Palestine, i. pp. 501, 502.
541Tabari, i. p. 393.
541Tabari, i. p. 393.
542Koran, Sura ii. v. 54.
542Koran, Sura ii. v. 54.
543Tabari, i. p. 394; but also Deut. viii. 4, Nehemiah ix. 21.
543Tabari, i. p. 394; but also Deut. viii. 4, Nehemiah ix. 21.
5441 Cor. x. 4.
5441 Cor. x. 4.
545Tabari, i. p. 373.
545Tabari, i. p. 373.
546See my “Curious Myths of the Middle Ages,” article on S. George. I have no doubt whatever that El Khoudr, identified by the Jews with Elias, is the original of the Wandering Jew. I did not know this when I wrote on the “Wandering Jew” in my “Curious Myths,” but I believe this to be the key to the whole story.
546See my “Curious Myths of the Middle Ages,” article on S. George. I have no doubt whatever that El Khoudr, identified by the Jews with Elias, is the original of the Wandering Jew. I did not know this when I wrote on the “Wandering Jew” in my “Curious Myths,” but I believe this to be the key to the whole story.
547Weil, pp. 176-81; Tabari, i. c. lxxvi.; Koran, Sura xviii.
547Weil, pp. 176-81; Tabari, i. c. lxxvi.; Koran, Sura xviii.
548Voltaire has taken this legend as the basis of his story of “Zadig.”
548Voltaire has taken this legend as the basis of his story of “Zadig.”
549Targums, ii. pp. 380, 381.
549Targums, ii. pp. 380, 381.
550Weil, p. 175.
550Weil, p. 175.
551Targums, ii. p. 382.
551Targums, ii. p. 382.
552Weil, p. 176.
552Weil, p. 176.
553Targums, ii. p. 386.
553Targums, ii. p. 386.
554Tract. Kethuvoth, fol. 111, col. 2.
554Tract. Kethuvoth, fol. 111, col. 2.
555Targums, ii. p. 391.
555Targums, ii. p. 391.
556Targum of Palestine, ii. p. 390.
556Targum of Palestine, ii. p. 390.
557Tabari, i. c. lxxvii.; Weil, pp. 182, 183; Abulfeda, p. 33.
557Tabari, i. c. lxxvii.; Weil, pp. 182, 183; Abulfeda, p. 33.
558Eisenmenger, ii. p. 305. Possibly the passage Zech. ix. 11, 12, may contain an allusion to this tradition.
558Eisenmenger, ii. p. 305. Possibly the passage Zech. ix. 11, 12, may contain an allusion to this tradition.
559Eisenmenger, ii. p. 305.
559Eisenmenger, ii. p. 305.
560Pirke R. Eliezer, c. 45.
560Pirke R. Eliezer, c. 45.
561Perhaps the passage Isai. xl. 4 may be an allusion to this tradition.
561Perhaps the passage Isai. xl. 4 may be an allusion to this tradition.
562Talmud, Tract. Beracoth, fol. 54, col. 2; Targum of Palestine, ii., pp. 411-13.
562Talmud, Tract. Beracoth, fol. 54, col. 2; Targum of Palestine, ii., pp. 411-13.
563Talmud, Tract. Beracoth, fol. 54, col. 2; Targums, ii. p. 416; Yraschar, p. 1296.
563Talmud, Tract. Beracoth, fol. 54, col. 2; Targums, ii. p. 416; Yraschar, p. 1296.
564Talmud, Tract. Sopherim, fol. 42, col. 2.
564Talmud, Tract. Sopherim, fol. 42, col. 2.
565Ibid., Tract. Nida, fol. 24, col. 2.
565Ibid., Tract. Nida, fol. 24, col. 2.
566Jalkut Cadasch, fol. 16, col. 2.
566Jalkut Cadasch, fol. 16, col. 2.
567Eisenmenger, i. p. 389.
567Eisenmenger, i. p. 389.
568Talmud, Tract. Sopherim, fol. 14, col. 4.
568Talmud, Tract. Sopherim, fol. 14, col. 4.
569Tabari, i. p. 398.
569Tabari, i. p. 398.
570Gen. xxxi. 51.
570Gen. xxxi. 51.
571Targums, ii. pp. 419-21.
571Targums, ii. pp. 419-21.
572Targums, ii. pp. 432-3.
572Targums, ii. pp. 432-3.
573Ibid., pp. 434-5.
573Ibid., pp. 434-5.
574Jalkut, fol. 240; Rabboth, fol. 275, col. 1; Midrash, fol. 285.
574Jalkut, fol. 240; Rabboth, fol. 275, col. 1; Midrash, fol. 285.
575Weil, p. 185.
575Weil, p. 185.
576Tabari, i. c. lxxix.; Abulfeda, p. 35.
576Tabari, i. c. lxxix.; Abulfeda, p. 35.
577Rabboth, fol. 302 b; Devarim Rabba, fol. 246, col. 2.
577Rabboth, fol. 302 b; Devarim Rabba, fol. 246, col. 2.
578Weil, pp. 188, 189.
578Weil, pp. 188, 189.
579Weil, p. 190.
579Weil, p. 190.
580Rabboth, fol. 302 b.
580Rabboth, fol. 302 b.
581Weil, pp. 190, 191.
581Weil, pp. 190, 191.
582Lyra Anglicana, London, 1864, “The burial of Moses.”
582Lyra Anglicana, London, 1864, “The burial of Moses.”
583Talmud, Tract. Sota, fol. 14 a.
583Talmud, Tract. Sota, fol. 14 a.
584Tabari, i. p. 396.
584Tabari, i. p. 396.
585Talmud of Jerusalem; Tract. Terumoth.
585Talmud of Jerusalem; Tract. Terumoth.
586Josh. vii. 1-5.
586Josh. vii. 1-5.
587Tabari, i. p. 402.
587Tabari, i. p. 402.
588Koran, Sura ii. v. 55, 56.
588Koran, Sura ii. v. 55, 56.
589Tabari, p. 404.
589Tabari, p. 404.
590Tabari, p. 401.
590Tabari, p. 401.
591Ibid., p. 404.
591Ibid., p. 404.
592Berescheth Rabba.
592Berescheth Rabba.
593The Mussulmans say Khasqîl or Ezechiel.
593The Mussulmans say Khasqîl or Ezechiel.
594Judges i. 4.
594Judges i. 4.
595Tabari, i. p. 404.
595Tabari, i. p. 404.
596Eisenmenger, i. p. 395.
596Eisenmenger, i. p. 395.
597Hist. Dynast., p. 24.
597Hist. Dynast., p. 24.
598Tabari, i. c. lxxxvii.
598Tabari, i. c. lxxxvii.
599D’Herbelot, Bibl. Orient., s. v. Aschmouil.
599D’Herbelot, Bibl. Orient., s. v. Aschmouil.
600Koran, Sura ii. v. 247, 248.
600Koran, Sura ii. v. 247, 248.
601Koran, Sura ii. v. 248.
601Koran, Sura ii. v. 248.
602D’Herbelot, Bibl. Orientale, t. i. p. 263.
602D’Herbelot, Bibl. Orientale, t. i. p. 263.
603Tabari, i. p. 417.
603Tabari, i. p. 417.
604This incident, from the apocryphal gospels of the childhood of Christ, shall be related in the Legendary Lives of New Testament Characters.
604This incident, from the apocryphal gospels of the childhood of Christ, shall be related in the Legendary Lives of New Testament Characters.
605Weil, pp. 193-8.
605Weil, pp. 193-8.
606Koran, Sura ii. v. 250.
606Koran, Sura ii. v. 250.
607Tabari, i. p. 418.
607Tabari, i. p. 418.
608Perhaps the Passage in Psalm cvii. 35 may refer to this miracle, unrecorded in Holy Scripture.
608Perhaps the Passage in Psalm cvii. 35 may refer to this miracle, unrecorded in Holy Scripture.
609Weil, pp. 200, 201.
609Weil, pp. 200, 201.
610Koran, Sura ii. v. 251.
610Koran, Sura ii. v. 251.
611Weil, p. 203.
611Weil, p. 203.
612Tabari, i. p. 421.
612Tabari, i. p. 421.
613Ibid.
613Ibid.
614Tabari, i. p. 422; Weil, pp. 202-4; D’Herbelot, i. p. 362.
614Tabari, i. p. 422; Weil, pp. 202-4; D’Herbelot, i. p. 362.
615Weil, pp. 205-8.
615Weil, pp. 205-8.
616Tabari, i. p. 423. The same story is told of the escape of S. Felix of Nola, in the Decian persecution.
616Tabari, i. p. 423. The same story is told of the escape of S. Felix of Nola, in the Decian persecution.
617Tabari, p. 429.
617Tabari, p. 429.
618Weil, p. 207.
618Weil, p. 207.
619Tabari, i. p. 424.
619Tabari, i. p. 424.
620Ps. li. 5.
620Ps. li. 5.
621Midrash, fol. 204, col. 1.
621Midrash, fol. 204, col. 1.
622Ps. cxviii. 22.
622Ps. cxviii. 22.
623See the story in the Legends of Adam.
623See the story in the Legends of Adam.
624Zohar, in Bartolocci, i. fol. 85, col. 2.
624Zohar, in Bartolocci, i. fol. 85, col. 2.
625Jalkut, fol. 32, col. 2 (Parasch. 2, numb. 134).
625Jalkut, fol. 32, col. 2 (Parasch. 2, numb. 134).
626Ibid. (Parasch. 2, numb. 127).
626Ibid. (Parasch. 2, numb. 127).
6271 Sam. xvii. 43.
6271 Sam. xvii. 43.
6282 Sam. iii. 29.
6282 Sam. iii. 29.
629Zohar, in Bartolocci, i. fol. 99, col. 1.
629Zohar, in Bartolocci, i. fol. 99, col. 1.
630Talmud, Tract. Sanhedrim, fol. 107.
630Talmud, Tract. Sanhedrim, fol. 107.
6311 Kings ii. 11.
6311 Kings ii. 11.
6322 Sam. v. 5.
6322 Sam. v. 5.
633Bartolocci, i. f. 100.
633Bartolocci, i. f. 100.
6341 Sam. xxiv. 4.
6341 Sam. xxiv. 4.
635Bartolocci, i. f. 122. col. 1.
635Bartolocci, i. f. 122. col. 1.
6361 Kings i. 1.
6361 Kings i. 1.
637Bartolocci, i. f. 122. col. 2.
637Bartolocci, i. f. 122. col. 2.
638Ps. lvii. 9; Bartolocci, i. fol. 125, col. 2.
638Ps. lvii. 9; Bartolocci, i. fol. 125, col. 2.
639Talmud, Tract. Sota, fol. 10 b
639Talmud, Tract. Sota, fol. 10 b
640Ps. xxii. 21.
640Ps. xxii. 21.
641Midrash Tillim, fol. 21, col. 2.
641Midrash Tillim, fol. 21, col. 2.
642Eisenmenger, i. p. 409.
642Eisenmenger, i. p. 409.
643Ps. xviii. 36.
643Ps. xviii. 36.
644Ps. lv. 6.
644Ps. lv. 6.
645Ps. lxviii. 13.
645Ps. lxviii. 13.
646Talmud, Tract. Sanhedrim, fol. 95, col 1.
646Talmud, Tract. Sanhedrim, fol. 95, col 1.
647Tract. Sabbath, fol. 30, col. 2.
647Tract. Sabbath, fol. 30, col. 2.
648Tabari, i. p. 426; Weil, p. 208.
648Tabari, i. p. 426; Weil, p. 208.
649Weil, p. 207.
649Weil, p. 207.
650Tabari, p. 428.
650Tabari, p. 428.
651The Arabs call her Saga.
651The Arabs call her Saga.
652The story in the Talmud is almost the same, with this difference: Bathsheba was washing herself behind a beehive, then the beautiful bird perched on the hive, and David shot an arrow at it and broke the hive, and exposed Bathsheba to view. In the Rabbinic tale, David had asked for the gift of prophecy, and God told him he must be tried. This he agreed to, and the temptation to adultery was that sent him. (Talmud, Tract. Sanhedrim, fol. 107, col. 2; Jalkut, fol. 22, col. 2).
652The story in the Talmud is almost the same, with this difference: Bathsheba was washing herself behind a beehive, then the beautiful bird perched on the hive, and David shot an arrow at it and broke the hive, and exposed Bathsheba to view. In the Rabbinic tale, David had asked for the gift of prophecy, and God told him he must be tried. This he agreed to, and the temptation to adultery was that sent him. (Talmud, Tract. Sanhedrim, fol. 107, col. 2; Jalkut, fol. 22, col. 2).
653Koran, Sura xxxviii.
653Koran, Sura xxxviii.
654Weil, pp. 212, 213.
654Weil, pp. 212, 213.
655Weil, pp. 213-224.
655Weil, pp. 213-224.
656Greek text, and Latin translation in Fabricius; Pseudigr. Vet. Test. t. ii. pp. 905-7.
656Greek text, and Latin translation in Fabricius; Pseudigr. Vet. Test. t. ii. pp. 905-7.
657סגולות ורתואית; Amst. 1703.
657סגולות ורתואית; Amst. 1703.
658Solomon was twelve years old when he succeeded David. (Abulfeda, p. 43; Bartolocci, iv. p. 371.)
658Solomon was twelve years old when he succeeded David. (Abulfeda, p. 43; Bartolocci, iv. p. 371.)
659Weil, pp. 225-231; Eisenmenger, p. 440, etc.
659Weil, pp. 225-231; Eisenmenger, p. 440, etc.
660Weil, pp. 231-4.
660Weil, pp. 231-4.
661The story of the building of the temple, with the assistance of Schamir, has been already related by me in my “Curious Myths of the Middle Ages.”
661The story of the building of the temple, with the assistance of Schamir, has been already related by me in my “Curious Myths of the Middle Ages.”
662The Rabbinic story and the Mussulman are precisely the same, with the difference that Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, instead of the Jinns, lies in ambush and captures Sachr or Aschmedai (Asmodeus). (Eisenmenger, i. 351-8.) As I have given the Jewish version in my “Curious Myths of the Middle Ages,” I give the Arab story here.
662The Rabbinic story and the Mussulman are precisely the same, with the difference that Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, instead of the Jinns, lies in ambush and captures Sachr or Aschmedai (Asmodeus). (Eisenmenger, i. 351-8.) As I have given the Jewish version in my “Curious Myths of the Middle Ages,” I give the Arab story here.
663Weil, pp. 234-7; Talmud, Tract. Gittin. fol. 68, cols. 1, 2.
663Weil, pp. 234-7; Talmud, Tract. Gittin. fol. 68, cols. 1, 2.
664Jalkut Schimoni, fol. 90, col. 4.
664Jalkut Schimoni, fol. 90, col. 4.
665Tabari, i. p. 435.
665Tabari, i. p. 435.
666Tabari, i. p. 436.
666Tabari, i. p. 436.
667Koran, Sura xxvii.; Tabari, i. c. xxviii.; Weil, pp. 237-9.
667Koran, Sura xxvii.; Tabari, i. c. xxviii.; Weil, pp. 237-9.
668The Jews also believed in a purgatory; see Bartolocci, i. 342.
668The Jews also believed in a purgatory; see Bartolocci, i. 342.
669Targum Scheni Esther, fol. 401 tells the same of the moorcock.
669Targum Scheni Esther, fol. 401 tells the same of the moorcock.
670This is the letter according to Rabbinic authors: “Greeting to thee and to thine; from me, King Solomon. It is known to thee that the holy, ever-blessed God has made me lord and king over the wild beasts and birds of heaven, and over the devils, and spirits, and ghosts of the night, and that all kings, from the rising to the down-setting of the sun, come and greet me. If thou also wilt come and salute me, then I will show thee great honor above all the kings that lie prostrate before me. But if thou wilt not come, and wilt not salute me, then will I send kings, and soldiers, and horsemen against thee. And if thou sayest in thine heart, ‘Hath King Solomon kings, and soldiers, and horsemen?’ then know that the wild beasts are his kings, and soldiers, and horsemen. And if thou sayest, ‘What, then, are his horsemen?’ know that the birds of heaven are his horsemen. His army are ghosts, and devils, and spectres of the night; and they shall torment and slay you at night in your beds, and the wild beasts will rend you in the fields, and the birds will tear the flesh of you.” This letter, the Jews say, was sent to the Queen of Sheba by a moorcock. (Targum Scheni Esther, fol. 401, 440).
670This is the letter according to Rabbinic authors: “Greeting to thee and to thine; from me, King Solomon. It is known to thee that the holy, ever-blessed God has made me lord and king over the wild beasts and birds of heaven, and over the devils, and spirits, and ghosts of the night, and that all kings, from the rising to the down-setting of the sun, come and greet me. If thou also wilt come and salute me, then I will show thee great honor above all the kings that lie prostrate before me. But if thou wilt not come, and wilt not salute me, then will I send kings, and soldiers, and horsemen against thee. And if thou sayest in thine heart, ‘Hath King Solomon kings, and soldiers, and horsemen?’ then know that the wild beasts are his kings, and soldiers, and horsemen. And if thou sayest, ‘What, then, are his horsemen?’ know that the birds of heaven are his horsemen. His army are ghosts, and devils, and spectres of the night; and they shall torment and slay you at night in your beds, and the wild beasts will rend you in the fields, and the birds will tear the flesh of you.” This letter, the Jews say, was sent to the Queen of Sheba by a moorcock. (Targum Scheni Esther, fol. 401, 440).
671According to another account, “that she had ass’s legs” (Weil, p. 267). Tabari says, “hairy legs” (i. p. 441).
671According to another account, “that she had ass’s legs” (Weil, p. 267). Tabari says, “hairy legs” (i. p. 441).
672Weil, pp. 246-267; Tabari, i. cc. 94, 95.
672Weil, pp. 246-267; Tabari, i. cc. 94, 95.
673Weil, pp. 267-9.
673Weil, pp. 267-9.
674Tabari, i. c. xcvi. p. 448.
674Tabari, i. c. xcvi. p. 448.
675Weil, pp. 269-271; Tabari, pp. 450, 451.
675Weil, pp. 269-271; Tabari, pp. 450, 451.
676Koran, Sura xxxviii.
676Koran, Sura xxxviii.
677Tabari, pp. 460, 461.
677Tabari, pp. 460, 461.
678In the Jewish legend, Asmodeus. In “Curiosities of Olden times” I have pointed out the connection between the story of the disgrace of Solomon and that of Nebuchadnezzar, Jovinian, Robert of Sicily, etc.
678In the Jewish legend, Asmodeus. In “Curiosities of Olden times” I have pointed out the connection between the story of the disgrace of Solomon and that of Nebuchadnezzar, Jovinian, Robert of Sicily, etc.
679Deut. xvii. 16, 17.
679Deut. xvii. 16, 17.
680Emek Nammelek, fol. 14; Gittin, fol. 68, col. 2; Eisenmenger, i. pp. 358-60. The Anglo-Saxon story of Havelock the Dane bears a strong resemblance to this part of the story of Solomon.
680Emek Nammelek, fol. 14; Gittin, fol. 68, col. 2; Eisenmenger, i. pp. 358-60. The Anglo-Saxon story of Havelock the Dane bears a strong resemblance to this part of the story of Solomon.
681Eisenmenger, i. pp. 358-60; Weil, pp. 271-4; Tabari, c. 96.
681Eisenmenger, i. pp. 358-60; Weil, pp. 271-4; Tabari, c. 96.
682Weil, p. 274.
682Weil, p. 274.
683Eisenmenger, i. 361.
683Eisenmenger, i. 361.
684Tabari, p. 454.
684Tabari, p. 454.
685Koran, Sura xxxiv.; Tabari, c. 97; Weil, p. 279.
685Koran, Sura xxxiv.; Tabari, c. 97; Weil, p. 279.
686Tabari, i. c. 84.
686Tabari, i. c. 84.
687Das Buch der Sagen und Legenden jüdischer Yorzeit, p. 45; Stuttgardt, 1845.
687Das Buch der Sagen und Legenden jüdischer Yorzeit, p. 45; Stuttgardt, 1845.
688Herbelot, Bibl. Orient., s. v. Zerib, iii. p. 607.
688Herbelot, Bibl. Orient., s. v. Zerib, iii. p. 607.
689Gemara, Avoda Sara, c. i. fol. 65.
689Gemara, Avoda Sara, c. i. fol. 65.
690Anabasticon, iv. 2-12.
690Anabasticon, iv. 2-12.
691Anabasticon, v. 1-14.
691Anabasticon, v. 1-14.
692Tract. Jebammoth, c. 4.
692Tract. Jebammoth, c. 4.
693Exod. xxxiii. 20.
693Exod. xxxiii. 20.
694Isai. vi. 1.
694Isai. vi. 1.
695Deut. iv. 7.
695Deut. iv. 7.
696Isai. lv. 6.
696Isai. lv. 6.
697Tabari, i. c. 83.
697Tabari, i. c. 83.
698Bartolocci, i. p. 848.
698Bartolocci, i. p. 848.
699Sura, ii.
699Sura, ii.
700Herbelot, Bibliothèque Orientale, iii. p. 89.
700Herbelot, Bibliothèque Orientale, iii. p. 89.