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

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preparing <strong>the</strong> ashes <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Bed Heifer.*<br />

> <strong>The</strong> Fhariflees replied by asking on what gro<strong>and</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong> bones <strong>of</strong> a High-Priest *detil€^/ but not those<br />

<strong>of</strong> a donkey. And when <strong>the</strong> Sadducees ascribed it<br />

to <strong>the</strong> great value <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> former, lest a man should<br />

pr<strong>of</strong>ane <strong>the</strong> bones <strong>of</strong> his parents by making spoons<br />

<strong>of</strong> tliem, <strong>the</strong> Pharisees pointed out that <strong>the</strong> same<br />

argument applied to defilement by <strong>the</strong> Holy<br />

Scriptures. In general, it seems that <strong>the</strong> Pha-lisees<br />

were afirald <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> satirical oqui«<br />

menta <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Sadducees on <strong>the</strong>ir doinga (oomp.<br />

Parah iii. 3).<br />

' WeUhaustm rightly denounces <strong>the</strong> strained<br />

interpretations <strong>of</strong> Oeiger, who would find here—<br />

as in o<strong>the</strong>r points— hidden political allusions.<br />

* Comp. * <strong>The</strong> Temple, its Ministry <strong>and</strong> Services,*<br />

pp. 309-312. <strong>The</strong> rubrics are in <strong>the</strong> Mishnio<br />

tractate Parah, <strong>and</strong> in To8,Par.

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