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

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LUXRATDBS in <strong>the</strong> OEEBK TEAiniLATION or<br />

TBI BIBUB—OHA-RACTEE OF THE<br />

SSntJAQlKT.<br />

When we turn firom <strong>the</strong> Jewish ' dispersion' in <strong>the</strong><br />

East to that in <strong>the</strong> West} we seem to brea<strong>the</strong> quite<br />

a different atmosphere. Despite <strong>the</strong>ir intense<br />

nationalismi all nnconsoiously to <strong>the</strong>mselves, <strong>the</strong>ir<br />

mental oharacteristics <strong>and</strong> tendencies were in <strong>the</strong><br />

opposite direction from those <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir brethren.<br />

With those <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> East rested <strong>the</strong> fiitare <strong>of</strong> Judaism;<br />

with <strong>the</strong>m <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> West, in a sense, that <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> world.<br />

<strong>The</strong> one represented old Israel groping back into<br />

<strong>the</strong> darkness <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> past; <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r young Israel,<br />

stretching forth its h<strong>and</strong>s to wher^ <strong>the</strong> dawn <strong>of</strong> a<br />

new day was about to break. <strong>The</strong>se Jews <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

West are known by <strong>the</strong> term EMenists —from<br />

IXX^y/^tii/, to conform to <strong>the</strong> language <strong>and</strong><br />

manners <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Greeks.^<br />

Whatever <strong>the</strong>ir religious <strong>and</strong> social isolation, it<br />

was, in <strong>the</strong> nature <strong>of</strong> things, impossible that <strong>the</strong><br />

Jewish communities in <strong>the</strong> West should remain

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