ancient writer's: nor do I perceive Mill to hesitate about its genuineness.

A Stichometry is a catalogue of books of sacred scripture; to which is added the number of the verses which each book contains. This Stichometry contains a catalogue of the books of the Old and New Testament: I propose to transcribe the whole, omitting only the numbers of verses, which are oftentimes faulty, and are not material at present. There are many editions" of this Stichometry, beside that▾ at the end of the Chronography of its supposed author. I shall follow the edition of Montfauçon, which he has lately published, as more exact than most others; observing, perhaps, in some places, the different readings of some other editions.

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The divine scriptures, which are received by the church, and reckoned canonical, and their Stichometry, are thus: Genesis; Exodus; Leviticus; Numbers; Deuteronomy; Joshua; Judges, and Ruth; the first and second book of the Kingdoms; the third and fourth book of the Kingdoms; the first and second of the Remains; Ezra, 'first and second; they book of Psalms; the Proverbs of Solomon; Ecclesiastes; the Song of Songs; Job; Isaiah the prophet; Jeremiah the prophet; Baruch; Ezekiel; Daniel; the twelve prophets. All together, the books of the Old Testament are 22.

The scriptures of the New Testament are these: the gospel according to Matthew, the gospel according to Mark, the gospel according to Luke, the gospel according to John; the Acts of the Apostles; fourteen epistles of Paul; seven Catholic epistles; one of James, two of Peter, three ' of John, one of Jude. All together, the books of the New • Testament are 26.

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The contradicted are these: Three books of the Mac'cabees; the Wisdom of Solomon; the Wisdom of Jesus, the son of Sirach; Psalms, and Odes of Solomon; Esther; 'Judith; Susanna; Tobit, called also Tobias.

The contradicted books of the New Testament are these: Enoch; the Patriarchs; the Prayer of Joseph; the

Conf. Ejusd. Bib. Gr. T. xiii. p. 844.

u Vid. Fabric, et Mill. ubi supra.

Temporum, p. 312.

Vid. Prolegom. n. 1030, 1031. Apud Jos. Scalig. Thesaur, w Vid. Bib. Coislin. p. 204, 205.

* Και όσαι εισι θειαι γραφαι εκκλησιαζόμεναι, και κεκανονισμεναι, και ἡ τετων διχομετρία, ετως. Ibid.

διαθηκης βιβλια κβ'.

• Βιβλος ψαλμων.

Όμε της παλαιας

a

Της νεας διαθήκης.

• Όμε της νέας διαθήκης βιβλια κς'.

ταυτα εισιν.

Scalig.

• Και όσα αντιλέγονται,

Montf. Και όσαι αντιλεγονται, αυται εισι της παλαιας.

4 Και όσα της νεας αντιλεγονται.

'Testament of Moses; the Assumption of Moses; Abraham; Eldad and Modad; Elias the prophet; Zephaniah the prophet; Zachary the father of John the Baptist; Baruch Habakkuk; Ezekiel; and Daniel, falsely inscribed.

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Apocryphal books of the New Testament are these: The Circuits [or Itinerary'] of Peter, the Circuit of John, the Circuit of Thomas; the Revelation of John; 'the Doctrine of the Apostles; Clement, his first and second [epistle]; Ignatius; Polycarp; the Shepherd, and

Hermas.'

I shall now make a few remarks:

1. This catalogue is of use, to show that the Jewish canon was generally esteemed sacred by christians; and that the other books of the Old Testament, which are now often called apocryphal,' and here, contradicted,' were not of equal authority, though they were read sometimes in some churches, and often quoted by christian writers. Indeed, Baruch is here placed among the sacred scriptures of the Old Testament; and Esther among the contradicted. And it is well known, that the book of Esther was not in all ancient catalogues: the book of Baruch is the only thing in which this catalogue differs from that of the Jews: and the inserting that, and the omission of Esther, may be reckoned things of no great consequence.

2. This catalogue affords evidence, that there never were any christian writings esteemed to be of equal authority with those which are now received by us as sacred and canonical.

3. One book, now generally received by us, is not here numbered among the canonical, but among the apocryphal scriptures. Upon this, therefore, I observe, as follows, In the copy published by Scaliger, after the Circuit of Thomas, is put the Gospel of Thomas, without any notice at all of the Revelation of John. In Montfauçon's copy, or manuscript, if I understand him, the Revelation of John' had been struck out, though he puts it in his printed edition. Of this point Montfaucon speaks distinctly in his preface to the Bibliotheca Coisliniana: He thinks that the

e

Βαρεχ, Αμβακεμ, Εζεκιήλ, και Δανιηλ ψευδεπιγραφα.

f Και όσα της νεας εισιν αποκρυφα.

Ιωάννα.

5 Περιοδοι Πετρα. Περίοδος

* Η Αποκαλυψις Ιωάννε. Hoc erasum fuit. Montf.

i Κλημεντος. Α. Β.

k

Ιγνατιο, Πολυκαρπε, Ποιμενος, και Ερμα.

Περίοδος Ιωάννο. Περιοδος Θωμα. Ευαγγέλιον κατα Θωμαν. Scalig. 'Decimum septimum anecdoton est Canon Scripturæ Sacræ per Nicephorum Patriarcham C. P. quo editum erat, sed cum mendis perpetuis, ita ut in

'Revelation was put by Nicephorus among the canonical books: for, in his time, the Revelation was received by the christians at Constantinople: however, it is certain, 'that there have been different opinions about this book; possibly, therefore, some transcriber, agreeably to his 'opinion, struck it out of the article of canonical books, and 'put it among the apocryphal : another transcriber, after that, offended at seeing it among the apocryphal, struck it out; but yet did not replace it among the canonical, as he should.' So that learned writer.

4. It may deserve to be remarked, that Enoch, the Patriarchs, the Prayer of Joseph, the Testament of Moses, · Abraham, Eldad,' and Modad, Elias,' and some other books of the like kind, are not placed here among the contradicted scriptures of the Old, but of the New Testament; which I think shows that these books were christian writings by their titles they should belong to the Old Testament; nevertheless, they are reckoned among the contradicted books of the New Testament. Very probably, therefore, they were of old time, as well as of late, esteemed by many, christian forgeries.

5. It is somewhat strange, that the epistles of Clement, Ignatius, Polycarp, and the book of Hermas, should be placed in a different class, below and after such books as had been mentioned in the foregoing article of contradict'ed,' and also after such books as precede in this article of apocryphal.' Fabricius thinks, that thereby are not to be understood the epistles, or genuine writings of those apostolical fathers; but their doctrines, or didascaliæ. And so, indeed, this part is expressed in the Stichometry, or Indiculus, prefixed by Cotelerius to the Apostolical Consti

tutions:

versiculorum numeris vix quidpiam sanum occurreret.-Inter apocryphos hoc in libello Apocalypsin numerari, non est quod mireris. Non enim defuere variis temporibus, qui hunc sacrum librum inter canonicos non admitterent, nec a Joanne apostolo editum putarent. Ego vero non existimo Apocalypsin a Nicephoro ad apocryphos ablegatam fuisse. Nam certum est, illius tempore eeclesiam Constantinopolitanam hunc librum inter canonicos admisisse. Sed quispiam fortasse postea in Nicephori Canone Apocalypsin temere ex canonicis expunxerit, et inter apocryphos locârit. Quæ causa fuisse videtur, ut alius deinceps Apocalypsin in hoc codice ex apocryphis abraderet. Qui tamen eam non inter canonicos reposuit, ut debuerat. Præf. p. 7.

m Cæterum ex eodem Cotelerii indiculo disertissime apparet in hac Nicephori sixoμero non rejici inter apocrypha epistolas Clementis-neque epistolas Ignatii, neque Polycarpi denique, a totâ antiquitate christianâ pro genuinis habitas, sed didaɣaç, sive didaoraλaç sub illorum nomine editas. Cod. Apocr. N. T. p. 144. in notis.

III. Which," therefore, I shall now also transcribe. It is intitled, Of the sixty books, and those which are not of ' that number:'1. Genesis; 2. Exodus; 3. Leviticus; 4. Numbers; 5. Deuteronomy; 6. Joshua; 7. Judges, and Ruth; 8. the first book of the Kingdoms; 9. the second 'book of the Kingdoms; 10. the third book of the Kingdoms; 11. the fourth book of the Kingdoms; 12. the Remains, the fifth [that is, if numbered with those just ' mentioned ;] 13. Job; 14. the Psalter; 15. the Proverbs; 16. the Ecclesiastes; 17. the Canticles, the fifth [that is, ' of the books written in verse or metre ;] 18. Ezra; mean'ing, probably, our Ezra and Nehemiah; 19. Hosea; 20. 'Amos; 21. Micah; 22. Joel; 23. Jonah; 24. Obadiah; 25. Nahuin; 26. Habakkuk; 27. Zephaniah; 28. Haggai; 29. Zechariah; 30. Malachi; 31. Isaiah; 32. Jeremiah; 33. Ezekiel; 34. Daniel; 35. the Gospel according to Matthew, 36. according to Mark, 37. according to Luke, 38. according to John; 39. the Acts of the Apostles; 40. the Epistle of James; 41. of Peter, 42. of Peter; 43. of 'John, 44. of John, 45. of John; 46. of Jude; 47. of Paul to the Romans; 48. to the Corinthians; 49. to the Corin'thians; 50. to the Galatians; 51. to the Ephesians; 52. to the Philippians; 53. to the Colossians; 54. to the 'Thessalonians, 55. to the Thessalonians; 56. to Timothy, 57. to Timothy; 58, to Titus; 59. to Philemon; 60. to the • Hebrews.

'Those, which are not of the number of the sixty, are, as follows: 1. the Wisdom of Solomon; 2. the Wisdom ' of Sirach; 3. Maccabees, 4. Maccabees, 5. Maccabees, 6. 'Maccabees; 7. Esther; 8. Judith; 9. Tobit.

'Such as are apocryphal : 1. Adam; 2. Enoch; 3. La'mech; 4. the Patriarchs; 5. the Prayer of Joseph; 6. Eldam and Modam; 7. the Testament of Moses; [Here is 'a void space in the MSS. where, probably, was, or should • have been, the Assumption of Moses ;] 9. Psalms of Solo• mon; 10. the Revelation of Elias; 11. the Revelation of Isaiah; 12. the Revelation of Zephaniah; 13. the Revelation of Zachary; 14. the Revelation of Ezra; 15. the History of Jacob [or James; 16. the Revelation of Peter;

"Indiculus ille etiam subjungitur Anastasii Quæstionibus in Codice, 1789. Bibliothecæ Christianissimi Regis. Ita vero se habet. Coteler. Judic. De Constitut. Apostol. • Indiculus MS. Cod. Baroc. 206. Qui etiam, a Cotelerio ex Cod. Reg. Paris. 1789, editus est. De lx. libris, et quinam extra illos sint. Humf. Hod. De Bib. Text. Orig. 1. iv. p. 649. Col. 44. • Περι των ξ' βιβλιων, και όσα τωτων εκτός. • Και όσα αποκρυφα.

4 Και όσα εξω των ξ. * Ιακωβει ίτορια.

17. the Circuits and Doctrines of the Apostles; 18, the 'Epistle of Barnabas; 19. the Acts of Paul; 20. the Revelation of Paul; 21." the Doctrine of Clement; 22. the • Doctrine of Ignatius; 23. the Doctrine of Polycarp; 24. the Gospel according to Barnabas; 25. the Gospel according to Matthew.'

Upon this catalogue we may make a few remarks, omitting minute particulars; as the order of the books, and other like things.

1. This catalogue, as well as the foregoing, tends to satisfy us, that a superior regard was always shown, by christians in general, to the books of the Jewish canon; for the Old Testament, above all other books, written before or after the coming of Christ, which were not of that number; and that there were no other books received as a part of the canon of the New Testament, beside those which are now generally received by us.

2. The books of this catalogue are of three sorts: first, the sixty,' of the highest authority; secondly, those ' without," might be also called contradicted,' and probably were reckoned useful, and allowed to be sometimes publicly read in the assemblies of christians; thirdly, books called 'apocryphal,' to which was paid a less regard than to the former.

3. With regard to the books of the Old Testament, we cannot but observe, that among the sixty' are placed three books only, which we call Solomon's; the Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and the Canticles: the other two, sometimes ascribed to him, Wisdom and Ecclesiasticus, are placed with those, which were not of the sixty. Again: among the sixty is but one book of Ezra, probably meaning our Ezra and Nehemiah; nor is there here any mention at all of any other historical books of Ezra: but among the apocryphal is a book called the Revelation of Ezra. Once more: the book of Esther is not here placed among the (sixty;) but among those which were without' the number, only as an useful book.

4. With regard to the books of the New Testament; here are none, beside those, now received by us, as was observed before. But here are not all which we receive; the book of the Revelation is quite omitted; what shall we say to this? It seems to me, that it was not received by the composer of this catalogue; for then it would have been among · Περιοδοι και διδαχαι των αποτόλων.

μεντος.-Ιγνατια διδασκαλια.

λε. Ευαγγελιον κατα Ματθαιον.

Η Διδασκαλια ΚληΕυαγγελιον κατα Βαρνάβα.