Note 752 — Chapter VIII · THE HEBREW SABBATH
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M. Jastrow, “The Original Character of the Hebrew Sabbath,” American Journal of Theology, 1898, ii, 313 sq.; S. R. Driver, The Book of Genesis,⁵ London, 1906, p. 35. Canon Cheyne suggests that the priestly writer in Genesis, ii, 2 sqq. appears to accept the anthropomorphic view which finds such frequent expression in Oriental antiquity. Things on earth correspond to things in heaven; if God “rested” on the seventh day, man ought to do likewise (Traditions and Beliefs of Ancient Israel, London, 1907, p. 70). Later Hebrew writers carry this idea of correspondence so far as to require the angels to observe all the Jewish festivals (H. P. Smith, The Religion of Israel, New York, 1914, p. 229).