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

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spoke as truly a Jew to <strong>the</strong> Jews, but He spoke not<br />

as <strong>the</strong>y—no, not as <strong>the</strong>ir highest <strong>and</strong> best Teachers<br />

would have spoken. And this contrariety <strong>of</strong> spirit<br />

with manifest similarity <strong>of</strong> form is, to my mind,<br />

one <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> strongest evidences <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> claims <strong>of</strong><br />

Christ, since it raises <strong>the</strong> aU-import&nt question,<br />

whence <strong>the</strong> Teacher <strong>of</strong> Nazareth^-or, shall we say,<br />

<strong>the</strong> humble Child <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Carpenter-home in a far<strong>of</strong>f<br />

little place <strong>of</strong> Oalilee —had drawn His<br />

inspiration ? And clearly to set this forth has been<br />

<strong>the</strong> first object <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> detailed Rabbinic quotations<br />

in this book.<br />

But <strong>the</strong>ir far<strong>the</strong>r object, besides this vindication,<br />

has been <strong>the</strong> illustration <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Oospel-narratives.<br />

Even <strong>the</strong> general reader must be aware that some<br />

knowledge <strong>of</strong> Jewish life <strong>and</strong> society at <strong>the</strong> time is<br />

requisite for <strong>the</strong> underst<strong>and</strong>ing <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Gospelhistory.<br />

Those who have consulted <strong>the</strong> works <strong>of</strong><br />

Lightfoot, Schottgen, Mevscheriy Wetsteiuy <strong>and</strong><br />

Wunschej or even <strong>the</strong> extracts from <strong>the</strong>m presented<br />

in Commentaries, know that <strong>the</strong> help derived from<br />

<strong>the</strong>ir Jewish references is very great. And yet,

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