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

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connect <strong>the</strong>ir Greek philosophers with <strong>the</strong> Bible,<br />

<strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong>y must find beneath <strong>the</strong> letter <strong>of</strong> Scripture a<br />

deeper meaning, which would aooord with<br />

philosophic truth. So far as <strong>the</strong> text <strong>of</strong> Scrip ture<br />

was oonoemed| <strong>the</strong>y had a method ready to h<strong>and</strong>.<br />

<strong>The</strong> Stole philoeophers had busied <strong>the</strong>mselves in<br />

finding a deeper Mefforioal meaning, especially in<br />

<strong>the</strong> writings <strong>of</strong> Homer. By applying it to<br />

^ Some Apociyphal booki which have burger, vol.<br />

ii. pp. 66-70.<br />

not been preaervM to us are mentioned ' Comp.<br />

Siegfried, Philo von Alex. pp.<br />

in Talmnoical writings, among <strong>the</strong>m 275-299,<br />

who, however, perhaps overstates<br />

one, '<strong>The</strong> roU <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> building <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>the</strong> matter.<br />

Temple,* alas, lost to osl Oomp. Mam-<br />

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