Charles — Apocrypha & Pseudepigrapha Vol. I — Section 286
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Work: The Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament — Vol. I
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R. H. Charles ed. 1913, Vol. I
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35. exchanged gifts, &c. Reading, with V, ἐχαρίζετο after ois—a naive Oriental method of expressing pleasure at some happy occurrence (cp. Esth. ix. 19, 22; Apoc. John xi. 10). 36. Nephthai. An inflammable oil, like the modern naphtha, is in the writer’s mind, but the etymology of the word is beyond recovery. The writer equates N. with καθαρισμός, and this is the point of the legend, which connects the discovery of the fiery liquid with the purification of the temple (v.18). The least improbable line of explanation ‘is that which connects the word with the Persian afar; naptar apanm w…
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