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Jesus of Nazareth

A Tragedy

Barlow, George

JESUS OF NAZARETH

NOTE E.

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NOTE E.

“The superior quality of the wine, and the enormous quantity produced (135 gallons, or in our language, above forty-three dozen ) are obviously fabulous.”—

Greg's “Creed of Christendom” (1883), Vol. II., pp. 55, 56.

“See the calculation in Hennell, and in Strauss, ii. 432. The μετρητης is supposed to correspond to the Hebrew bath, which was equal to 1½ Roman amphora, or 87 gallons; the whole quantity would therefore be from 104 to 156 gallons.”