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Note 759 — Chapter VIII · THE HEBREW SABBATH

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Frontinus, Strategematica, ii, 1, 17; Dio Cassius, Historia Romana, xxxvii, 17. Tacitus (Historiæ, v, 4) thinks that the Jewish Sabbath may be an observance in honour of Saturn, though he gives an alternative explanation, connecting the day with the escape from Egyptian bondage. For other evidence from classical writers see P. Lejay, “Le sabbat juif et les poètes latins,” Revue d’histoire et de littérature religieuses, 1903, viii, 305-335; T. Reinach, Textes d’auteurs grecs et romains relatifs au judaïsme, Paris, 1895, pp. 104, 243, 266, 287; M. Wolff, “Het oordeel der hellenensch-romeinsche schrijvers over oorsprong, naam, en viering van der Sabbat,” Theologisch Tijdschrift, 1910, xliv, 162-172.

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