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

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opprobrious, which would express <strong>the</strong>ir own<br />

relation to <strong>the</strong> party, or to some <strong>of</strong> its supposed<br />

peculiarities. But. on none <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>se principles can<br />

<strong>the</strong> origin <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> name <strong>of</strong> Sadducees from Tsadoq<br />

be accounted for. Lastly, on <strong>the</strong> supposition<br />

mentioned, <strong>the</strong> Sadducees must have given <strong>the</strong><br />

name to <strong>the</strong>ir party, since it cannot be imagined<br />

that <strong>the</strong> Pharisees would have connected <strong>the</strong>ir<br />

opponents with <strong>the</strong> honoured name <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> High-<br />

Priest Tsadoq.<br />

If it is highly improbable that <strong>the</strong> Sadducees, who,<br />

<strong>of</strong> course, pr<strong>of</strong>essed to be <strong>the</strong> right interpreters <strong>of</strong><br />

Scripture, would choose any party-name, <strong>the</strong>reby<br />

stamping <strong>the</strong>mselves as sectaries, this derivation<br />

<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir name is also contrary to historical analogy.<br />

For even <strong>the</strong> name Pharisees, ' Pemshimy* ^<br />

separated ones,' was not taken by <strong>the</strong> party itself,<br />

but given to it by <strong>the</strong>ir opponents.*' Prom 1 Mace.<br />

ii. 42; • Tad. it. « vii. 13 ; 2 Mace. xiv. 6, it<br />

appears that originally <strong>the</strong>y had taken <strong>the</strong> ^^ sacred<br />

name <strong>of</strong> Ghasidimy or Hhe pious.'^ This, no doubt,<br />

on <strong>the</strong> ^fs.zzx.4

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