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

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diffieultj in <strong>the</strong> diajxgQ <strong>of</strong> HI <strong>the</strong> sound i into u<br />

(Tsaddiqim into Tsmidugim), but maf it not hava '<br />

'"'^ been that this was acoomplished, not<br />

grammaticallj, bat bj pc^uLir witticism ? Saoh<br />

mode <strong>of</strong> giving a * bj-name' to a party or govemxnent<br />

is, at least, not irratioiial, nor is it<br />

uncommon.^ Soma wit might hare snggested: Bead<br />

not Tsaddiqim, <strong>the</strong> ^righteous,' but TsaddiLqim<br />

(from Teadu, ^*iy), * desolation,' * destruction-'<br />

Whe<strong>the</strong>r or not this suggestion approve itself to<br />

critics, <strong>the</strong> derivation <strong>of</strong> Saddncees from<br />

Tsaddiqim is certainly that which <strong>of</strong>fers most<br />

probability.*<br />

This uncertainty as to <strong>the</strong> origin <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> name <strong>of</strong> a<br />

party leads almost naturally to <strong>the</strong> mention oi<br />

ano<strong>the</strong>r, which, indeed, could not be omitted in any<br />

description <strong>of</strong> those times. But while <strong>the</strong> Pharisees<br />

<strong>and</strong> Sadducees were parties wiihin <strong>the</strong> Synagogue,<br />

<strong>the</strong> Essenes ("^aafjvolj or ^EaaaM —<strong>the</strong> latter<br />

always in Philo) were, although strict Jews, yet<br />

separatists, <strong>and</strong>, alike in doctrine, worship, <strong>and</strong><br />

practice, outside <strong>the</strong> Jewish body ecclesiastic.

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