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The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah Vol 1 - Predestination

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opinions or practioes. Besides, it occurs in <strong>the</strong><br />

N.T. onoe to mark <strong>the</strong> Sadduceee, <strong>and</strong> twice <strong>the</strong><br />

Phaxi-eees (Acts v. 17; zv. 6, <strong>and</strong> xxyi 6).<br />

Joeephns, <strong>and</strong> Rabbinic writings. <strong>The</strong> New<br />

Testament only marks, OHAP. in broad outlines<br />

<strong>and</strong> popularly, <strong>the</strong> peculiarities <strong>of</strong> each party; but<br />

U firom <strong>the</strong> absence <strong>of</strong> bias it may safely be<br />

regarded * as <strong>the</strong> most ' ' ' tmstworthy authority on<br />

<strong>the</strong> matter. <strong>The</strong> inferences which we derive from<br />

<strong>the</strong> statements <strong>of</strong> Josephus,^ though always to be<br />

qualified by our general estimate <strong>of</strong> his animys,*<br />

accord with those from <strong>the</strong> New Testament. In<br />

regard to Rabbinic writings we have to bear in<br />

mind <strong>the</strong> admittedly unhistorical character <strong>of</strong> most<br />

<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir notices, <strong>the</strong> strong party-bias which<br />

coloured ahnost all <strong>the</strong>ir statements regarding<br />

opponents, <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir constant tendency to trace<br />

later views <strong>and</strong> practices to earlier times.<br />

Without entering on <strong>the</strong> principles <strong>and</strong> supposed<br />

practices <strong>of</strong> * <strong>the</strong> fraternity' or * association'<br />

(Chebhery Chaihurah, Chaihurta) <strong>of</strong> which was

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