CHAPTER IX.

THE VEDAS AND THE BIBLE.

Nearly every myth based on some great truth 405 Whence the Christian Sabbath 406 Antiquity of the Vedas 410 Pythagorean doctrine of the potentialities of numbers 417 “Days” of _Genesis_ and “Days” of Brahma 422 Fall of man and the Deluge in the Hindu books 425 Antiquity of the Mahâbhârata 429 Were the ancient Egyptians of the Aryan race? 434 Samuel, David, and Solomon mythical personages 439 Symbolism of Noah’s Ark 447 The Patriarchs identical with zodiacal signs 459 All Bible legends belong to universal history 469