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

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' But <strong>the</strong> expression has also been referred to <strong>the</strong><br />

thirty-eighth year <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> reign <strong>of</strong> EuergeUs.<br />

* To my mind, at least, <strong>the</strong> historical evidence,<br />

apart from critical considerations, seems very<br />

strong. Modem writers on <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r side have<br />

confessedly been influenced by <strong>the</strong> consideration<br />

that <strong>the</strong> earlier date <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Book <strong>of</strong> Sirach would<br />

also involve a much earlier date for <strong>the</strong> dose <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

O. T. Canon than <strong>the</strong>y are disposed to admit. More<br />

especially would<br />

it bear on <strong>the</strong> question <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> so-caned *<br />

Maccabean Psalms,' <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> authorriiip <strong>and</strong> date <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong> Book <strong>of</strong> DanieL But h^ torical questions should<br />

be treated iiide> pendently <strong>of</strong> critical prejudices.<br />

Wuur (Bibl. Beolworterb. i. p. 556), <strong>and</strong> othOTS<br />

after him, admit that <strong>the</strong> Simon <strong>of</strong> Ecclus. ch. L.<br />

was indeed Simon <strong>the</strong> Just (i.), but maintain that<br />

<strong>the</strong> Euergetes <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Prologue was <strong>the</strong> second <strong>of</strong><br />

that name, Ptolemy VII., popularly nicknamed<br />

Kakergetes. Comp. <strong>the</strong>xemaika <strong>of</strong> IHtuehe on this<br />

view in <strong>the</strong> Kungef. Bxeg. H<strong>and</strong>b. i. d. Apokr. 6te

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