Note 1047 — Chapter XL · ICHTHYOLATRY IMPROBABLE—FISH NOT IN SACRIFICES OR AUGURIES
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Egypt and Israel, pp. 60, 61. Objection to the use of images in Israel was not apparently general till the latter half of the eighth century B.C. Their existence may, perhaps, be explained by (A) the universal existence of such worship among the Canaanites, (B) the proportion of Israelites to Canaanites being about as small as that of the Normans to the Saxons in England.