undoubtedly Jewish. Thus in the Chronicles of Jerahmeel (tr. M. Gaster, 1899, pp. 34–36) are two revelations which agree most closely with our fragment.
(a) R. Joshua, son of Levi, said, "I was walking on my way when I met the prophet Elijah. He said to me, 'Would you like to be brought to the gate of hell?' I answered, ' Yes.' So he showed me men hanging by their hair, and he said to me, 'These were the men that let their hair grow to adorn themselves for sin' (men is very likely a mistake here for women). The other classes of sinners were these:
| Others hanging by their eyes. | Followed their eyes to sin. |
| By their noses. | Perfumed themselves to sin. |
| By their tongues. | Had slandered. |
| By their hands. | Had stolen. |
| Ignominiously. | |
| By their feet. | Led men to sin. |
| Women hanging by their breasts. | Had exposed them to make men sin. |
| Men fried on fiery coals. | Had blasphemed. |
| Men fed on gall, etc. | Had eaten on fast days. |
(b) "There are five kinds of punishments in hell, and Isaiah the son of Amoz saw them all. He entered the first compartment and saw there two men carrying pails full of water on their shoulders, and they pour that water into a pit which never fills. Isaiah said to God, 'O thou who unveilest all that is hidden, unveil to me the secret of this.' And the spirit of the Lord answered, 'These are the men who coveted the property of their neighbours, and this is their punishment.' The formula is the same in the next three sections.
| Men hanging by their tongues. | Slanderers. |
| Hanging ignominiously. | |
| Women hanging by their breasts. | Attracted the gaze of men. |
"The fifth section is not of the same form. The compartment is full of smoke and the princes, chiefs and great men are in it, presided over by Pharaoh."
It will be noticed that the former of these visions
