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

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One thing at any rate was quite certain. <strong>The</strong> Old<br />

Testament, leastwise, <strong>the</strong> Law <strong>of</strong> Moses, was<br />

directly <strong>and</strong> wholly from Grod; <strong>and</strong> if BO, <strong>the</strong>n its<br />

form also—its letter—must be au<strong>the</strong>ntic <strong>and</strong><br />

autiiorita-tive. Thus much on <strong>the</strong> surface, <strong>and</strong> for<br />

all. But <strong>the</strong> student must search deeper into it« his<br />

senses, as it were, quickened by Greek<br />

HBLLENI8T VIEWS OF SQRIPTURB.<br />

criticisin ; he must ' meditate' <strong>and</strong> penetrate into <strong>the</strong><br />

Divine mys- ohA] teries. <strong>The</strong> Palestinian also<br />

searched into <strong>the</strong>m, <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> result was <strong>the</strong> n<br />

Midrash. But, whichever <strong>of</strong> his methods he had<br />

applied—^<strong>the</strong> PesJuUy ' ^ or simple criticism <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong> words j <strong>the</strong> Bermhj or search into <strong>the</strong> possible<br />

applications <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> text| what might be ' trodden<br />

out' <strong>of</strong> it; or <strong>the</strong> Bodj <strong>the</strong> hidden, mystical,<br />

snpranatoral bearing <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> words—-it was still<br />

only <strong>the</strong> letter <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> text that had been studied.<br />

<strong>The</strong>re was, indeed, yet ano<strong>the</strong>r underst<strong>and</strong>ing oS<br />

<strong>the</strong> Scripture^ to which St. Paul directed his<br />

disciples: <strong>the</strong> spiritual bearing <strong>of</strong> its spirituid

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