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Rh leaves him; he is weakened, and builds temples to Baal, Raphan, and Moloch.

If it is certain that in this remarkable document we have some Christian elements, it is equally clear that we have yet more matter still that can be most properly described as Jewish and Gnostic. The following are the passages which demonstrate Christian influence. I give them in the original Greek, indicating the pages of Fleck's edition:—

P. 124. (See below, §51.)

P. 124. (See below, § 52.)

P. 124. (See below, § 54.)

P. 127. (See below, § 65.)

P. 129. (See below, § 71.)

P. 138. (See below, § 122.)

Besides these longer passages there occur many phrases throughout the Testament which have a New Testament colour, as witness the following uses, which I instance in the order in which they come, most of them being mentioned in my notes below the translation:—