The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah Vol 1 - Predestination

where a common woollen wrap, which of course
was very cheap, a copy ^^ * of the Psalms, of Job,
and torn pieces from Proverbs, are together valued
at five maneh —say, about 19Z. Although this
notice dates from the third or fourth century, it is
not likely that the cost of Hebrew Biblical MSS.
was much lower at the time of Jesus. This would,
of course, put their possession well nigh out of
common reach. On the
' Through this literature, which as being Jewish
might have passed unsuspected, a dangerons
acquaintance might have been introduced with
Greek writings—the more readily, that for
example Aristobulus described Homer and Hesiod
as having ' drawn from our books' (ap. Eu$eh.
Fnepar. Evang. xiii. 12). Ao-oording to
HamJmrgar (Beal-EncykL fiir
Bibel u. Talmud, vol. ii. pp. 68, 69), the
expression Siphrey Homerot applies exclusively to
the Judaeo-Alexandrian heretical writings;
according to Fwrtt (Kanon d. A. Test. p. 98),