. Light from the ancient East; the New Testament illustrated by recently discovered texts of the Graeco-Roman world. nscription once established, it followsthat it can no longer be thus appealed to. Moreover, the worshipping ofthe angels of which St. Paul speaks is an ironical des^nation for strictJewish piety, regulated by the law (which originated with the angels). Cf. Sitzungsberichte der Kgl. Preuss. Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1904,p. 91. A fragment of the same text, agreeing with this, has been found mean-while in another part of the theatre. It is, as Frickenbaus writes to me(letter, M
. Light from the ancient East; the New Testament illustrated by recently discovered texts of the Graeco-Roman world. nscription once established, it followsthat it can no longer be thus appealed to. Moreover, the worshipping ofthe angels of which St. Paul speaks is an ironical des^nation for strictJewish piety, regulated by the law (which originated with the angels). Cf. Sitzungsberichte der Kgl. Preuss. Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1904,p. 91. A fragment of the same text, agreeing with this, has been found mean-while in another part of the theatre. It is, as Frickenbaus writes to me(letter, Miletus, 28 September, 1907) the left-hand upper corner of a blockof grey marble; two mortise-holes to the left on top; greatest height 7J inches;greatest breadth 10| Inches; greatest thickness 12J inches; greatest height ofthe letters 1 inch. The remaining letters of the inscription are the same aaat the beginning of the great inscription: I eOYA I (the last letter is no doubtthe remains of an H); beneath this come A and the remains of an 6 ; and,above there is the same monogram as in the great inscription. 448. Fia. 68.—Christian Archangel Inscription in the Theatre at permission of Theodor Wiegand. Early Byzantine Period. [p. M9 APPENDIX V 449 opinion, shared also by Schiirer,^ agrees with Cumonts theory,^but stands in sharp contrast to the traditional view, accordingto which the text is either pagan or Judaeo-pagan. Rigidexamination of this important text, however, completely vin-dicates Wiegands judgment. My readers are indebted to Wiegand for the good facsimile—the first, I believe, to be made from a photogiaph—^here givenin Figure 68. The dimensions * are as follows: present breadth41 inches, height 24 inches, height of the largest letters 1 inch,height of the smallest letters ^ inch. The peculiar arrange-ment of the inscription is clearly seen from the figure. Itbegins with a line consisting of symbols; originally no doubtthere were seven, but they are n
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