unceasingly" (4 19 f.; cf. Mic. 2 11). Dr. Schechter regards this
explanation as "a disturbing parenthesis."

35 The Jannes and Jambres of 2 Tim. 3 8.

36 Such marriages, especially with a sister's daughter, are not only
permitted, but especially commended in the Talmud (Yebamoth 62b-63a;
see Maimonides, Issure Biah 2 14), and are still common in countries
where the Jews are free to follow the rabbinical law. On the Karaite
prohibition of marriage with a niece, see below, p. 366.

37 On the pollution of the sanctuary, cf. Assumption of Moses 5 3;
Testament of Levi 14 5 ff.; Psalms of Solomon 2 3.

38 On the portals of the sun, see Enoch 72, etc.

39 Perhaps an error of the text for 2000; see below,