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

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Salsjkfai? sti^ was Hillel, <strong>the</strong> B^byloAian, <strong>and</strong><br />

among tha popjilaf S$gga^^a^ Viaie ia ^ot a name<br />

bettei^ knowap^ ^hai;^ ^i^ <strong>of</strong> fleajm- th^ M^, ir1m><br />

flourished in <strong>the</strong> first oe^tory <strong>of</strong> q^t era,<br />

^er thi9, it seems almost 1^9 to iijiqpiire ¥(l\eti|^,<br />

dmrii^ til|;e finpt^ peiriod after <strong>the</strong> retijum <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

exile3 from l^bylo^ tli^^ niace regular tibeologipal<br />

a^eioies u^ 6abyloi;i. Althoag!l|^ it iipi. 9f<br />

9Qjlum^ impossible to (iirnish histories^ pro<strong>of</strong>,<br />

we can acaiiccl;' ^^t ti^l^ a communitjr so. large<br />

<strong>and</strong> so intensely Qebrew wopjd ^oii. l^^Xf Im^oh<br />

indifferent to tha>t study, whiph cona^tuted <strong>the</strong> mi^<br />

thought ^ifi^ engagement <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir brethren in<br />

Palestine, Yfe can, UA^onlfaii^ tib#^ since <strong>the</strong><br />

great Sanhedrin in Palestine exei^cised saprem^<br />

apiIit^al authority, <strong>and</strong> in that capacity ultimately<br />

settled all r^Ugioos questions—^at least for a<br />

tim^e-T-tbe stuc^ <strong>and</strong>, discussion ^ tli^fBe subjects<br />

should also have been chiefly carried on yi ^<br />

8c]^0Qb ot Palestine ] <strong>and</strong> tltiat even t^e great<br />

Hillel himsielf, wli^eu s^ a pp<strong>of</strong>f <strong>and</strong> unknown<br />

student, shoii^d have w<strong>and</strong>ered thit^h^r ta fMql^Ja

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