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thing relating to food or drink being   carried into the temple察nay察we are not allowed to offer such   things at the altar察excepting what is prepared for the   sacrifices。      9。 What then can we say of Apion察but that he examined   nothing that concerned these things察while still he uttered   incredible words about them拭but it is a great shame for a   grammarian not to be able to write true history。 Now if he   knew the purity of our temple察he hath entirely omitted to   take notice of it察but he forges a story about the seizing of a   Grecian察about ineffable food察and the most delicious   preparation of dainties察and pretends that strangers could go   into a place whereinto the noblest men among the Jews are   not allowed to enter察unless they be priests。 This察therefore察is   the utmost degree of impiety察and a voluntary lie察in order to   the delusion of those who will not examine into the truth of   matters察whereas such unspeakable mischiefs as are above   related have been occasioned by such calumnies that are   raised upon us。      10。 Nay察this miracle or piety derides us further察and adds the   following pretended facts to his former fable察for be says that   this man related how察 while the Jews were once in a long   war with the Idumeans察there came a man out of one of the   cities of the Idumeans察who there had worshipped Apollo。   This man察whose name is said to have been Zabidus察came to   the Jews察and promised that he would deliver Apollo察the god   of Dora察into their hands察and that he would come to our   temple察if they would all come up with him察and bring the   whole multitude of the Jews with them察that Zabidus made   him a certain wooden instrument察and put it round about   him察and set three rows of lamps therein察and walked after   such a manner察that he appeared to those that stood a great   way off him to be a kind of star察walking upon the earth察that   the Jews were terribly affrighted at so surprising an   appearance察and stood very quiet at a distance察and that   Zabidus察while they continued so very quiet察went into the   holy house察and carried off that golden head of an ass察。for so   facetiously does he write撮 and then went his way back again   to Dora in great haste。; And say you so察sir as I may reply察  then does Apion load the ass察that is察himself察and lays on   him a burden of fooleries and lies察for he writes of places   that have no being察and not knowing the cities he speaks of察  he changes their situation察for Idumea borders upon our   country察and is near to Gaza察in which there is no such city as   Dora察although there be察it is true察a city named Dora in   Phoenicia察near Mount Carmel察but it is four days' journey   from Idumea。 12 Now察then察why does this man accuse us察  because we have not gods in common with other nations察if   our fathers were so easily prevailed upon to have Apollo   come to them察and thought they saw him walking upon the   earth察and the stars with him拭for certainly those who have so   many festivals察wherein they light lamps察must yet察at this   rate察have never seen a candlestick But still it seems that   while Zabidus took his journey over the country察where were   so many ten thousands of people察nobody met him。 He also察  it seems察even in a time of war察found the walls of Jerusalem   destitute of guards。 I omit the rest。 Now the doors of the holy   house were seventy 13 cubits high察and twenty cubits broad察  they were all plated over with gold察and almost of solid gold   itself察and there were no fewer than twenty 14 men required   to shut them every day察nor was it lawful ever to leave them   open察though it seems this lamp´bearer of ours opened them   easily察or thought he opened them察as he thought he had the   ass's head in his hand。 Whether察therefore察he returned it to   us again察or whether Apion took it察and brought it into the   temple again察that Antiochus might find it察and afford a   handle for a second fable of Apion's察is uncertain。      11。 Apion also tells a false story察when he mentions an oath   of ours察as if we ;swore by God察the Maker of the heaven察  and earth察and sea察to bear no good will to any foreigner察and   particularly to none of the Greeks。; Now this liar ought to   have said directly that; we would bear no good´will to any   foreigner察and particularly to none of the Egyptians。; For   then his story about the oath would have squared with the   rest of his original forgeries察in case our forefathers had been   driven away by their kinsmen察the Egyptians察not on account   of any wickedness they had been guilty of察but on account of   the calamities they were under察for as to the Grecians察we   were rather remote from them in place察than different from   them in our institutions察insomuch that we have no enmity   with them察nor any jealousy of them。 On the contrary察it hath   so happened that many of them have come over to our laws察  and some of them have continued in their observation察  although others of them had not courage enough to   persevere察and so departed from them again察nor did any   body ever hear this oath sworn by us此Apion察it seems察was   the only person that heard it察for he indeed was the first   composer of it。      12。 However察Apion deserves to be admired for his great   prudence察as to what I am going to say察which is this察─That   there is a plain mark among us察that we neither have just   laws察nor worship God as we ought to do察because we are not   governors察but are rather in subjection to Gentiles察sometimes   to one nation察and sometimes to another察and that our city   hath been liable to several calamities察while their city   AlexandriaАhath been of old time an imperial city察and not   used to be in subjection to the Romans。; But now this man   had better leave off this bragging察for every body but himself   would think that Apion said what he hath said against   himself察for there are very few nations that have had the   good fortune to continue many generations in the   principality察but still the mutations in human affairs have put   them into subjection under others察and most nations have   been often subdued察and brought into subjection by others。   Now for the Egyptians察perhaps they are the only nation that   have had this extraordinary privilege察to have never served   any of those monarchs who subdued Asia and Europe察and   this on account察as they pretend察that the gods fled into their   country察and saved themselves by being changed into the   shapes of wild beasts Whereas these Egyptians 15 are the   very people that appear to have never察in all the past ages察  had one day of freedom察no察not so much as from their own   lords。 For I will not reproach them with relating the manner   how the Persians used them察and this not once only察but   many times察when they laid their cities waste察demolished   their temples察and cut the throats of those animals whom   they esteemed to be gods察for it is not reasonable to imitate   the clownish ignorance of Apion察who hath no regard to the   misfortunes of the Athenians察or of the Lacedemonians察the   latter of whom were styled by all men the most courageous察  and the former the most religious of the Grecians。 I say   nothing of such kings as have been famous for piety察  particularly of one of them察whose name was Cresus察nor   what calamities he met with in his life察I say nothing of the   citadel of Athens察of the temple at Ephesus察of that at   Delphi察nor of ten thousand others which have been burnt   down察while nobody cast reproaches on those that were the   sufferers察but on those that were the actors therein。 But now   we have met with Apion察an accuser of our nation察though   one that still forgets the miseries of his own people察the   Egptians察but it is that Sesostris who was once so celebrated a   king of Egypt that hath blinded him。 Now we will not brag of   our kings察David and Solomon察though they conquered many   nations察accordingly we will let them alone。 However察Apion   is ignorant of what every body knows察that the Egyptians   were servants to the Persians察and afterwards to the   Macedonians察when they were lords of Asia察and were no   better than slaves察while we have enjoyed liberty formerly察  nay察more than that察have had the dominion of the cities that   lie round about us察and this nearly for a hundred and twenty   years together察until Pompeius Magnus。 And when all the   kings every where were conquered by the Romans察our   ancestors were the only people who continued to be   esteemed their confederates and friends察on account of their   fidelity to them。16      13。 ;But察─says Apion察 we Jews have not had any wonderful   men amongst us察not any inventors of arts察nor any eminent   for wisdom。; He then enumerates Socrates察and Zeno察and   Cleanthes察and some others of the same sort察and察after all察  he adds himself to them察which is the most wonderful thing   of all that he says察and pronounces Alexandria to be happy察  because it hath such a citizen as he is in it察for he was the   fittest man to be a witness to his own deserts察although he   hath appeared to all others no better than a wicked   mountebank察of a corrupt life and ill discourses察on which   account one may justly pity Alexandria察

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