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

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<strong>the</strong> narrative is admitted to form part <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

primitive Evangelic tradition. But if so, <strong>the</strong>n, even<br />

on <strong>the</strong> showing <strong>of</strong> our opponents, it must have had<br />

some foundation in an event surpassing <strong>the</strong><br />

ordinary facts in <strong>the</strong> history <strong>of</strong> <strong>Jesus</strong>. Accordingly,<br />

<strong>of</strong> all negative critics, at most only two venture to<br />

dismiftR it as unfounded on fact. But such a bold<br />

assumption would ra<strong>the</strong>r increase than diminish <strong>the</strong><br />

difficulty. For, if legend it be, its invention <strong>and</strong><br />

insertion into <strong>the</strong> primitive record must have had<br />

some historical reason. Such, however, it is<br />

absolutely impossible here to trace. <strong>The</strong> Old<br />

Testament contains no analogous history which it<br />

might have been wished to imitate; Jewish<br />

Messianic expectancy afforded no basis for it; <strong>and</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong>re is absolutely no Rabbinic parallel' which<br />

could be placed by its side. Similar objections<br />

apply to <strong>the</strong> suggestion <strong>of</strong> exaggeration <strong>of</strong> some<br />

real event (Keim), For, <strong>the</strong> essence <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> narrative<br />

lies in its details, <strong>of</strong> which <strong>the</strong> origin <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

universal acceptance in <strong>the</strong> primitive belief <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

Church have to be accounted

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