BABYLONIAN LITERATURE. 69 



work, one of those books which, on going 

 out into the world towards the close of the 

 age of .the Seleucides, made the word 

 Chaldaean synonymous with charlatan. 

 Here there can be no doubt. Dr. Chwol- 

 son gives up all idea of putting u The Book 

 of Tenkelusha in the same rank with those 

 of Yarbuka and Kuthami. He places it in 

 the period of the Arsacides, at the latest 

 towards the first century after Christ. 1 

 Greek influence betrays itself here indeed 

 in an unmistakeable manner; a certain 

 tjw^lk^,! is cited in this work, a name in 

 which one may trace Aristobulm, and which 

 in any case, is certainly that of a Greek. 



I shall prove, presently, that the work 

 of Tenkelusha is not alone known to us 

 through the translation of Ibn "Wahshiya, 

 and that the Greeks have often quoted it. 

 Let it suffice for the present, that Dr. 

 Chwolson recognizes that Tenkelusha is a 

 Chaldaean of the lower period. How is it 

 that Prof. Chwolson has not perceived 



> P. 136 ff. 



