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

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* So literaUj. Wetstein (Babha Mes. 69 h) <strong>and</strong><br />

Wim^he'i<br />

' <strong>The</strong> aupposed Rabbinio paiaUels in (OhvlL 7 a)<br />

wodn ave qidte in^ iy i y^ ^<br />

for. Nor is <strong>the</strong> task <strong>of</strong> those negative critics more<br />

easy, who, admit- CHAP, ting <strong>the</strong> foundation in<br />

fact for this narrative, have suggested various<br />

XXIV <strong>the</strong>ories to account for its miraculous<br />

details. Most <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>se explana- ^* ' ^ tions are so<br />

unnatural,' as only to point <strong>the</strong> contrast between <strong>the</strong><br />

ingenuity <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> nineteenth century <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> simple,<br />

vivid language <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Original narrative. For it<br />

seems equally impossible to regard it as based<br />

ei<strong>the</strong>r on a misunderst<strong>and</strong>ing <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> words <strong>of</strong> <strong>Jesus</strong><br />

during a storm (Paultu)y or on <strong>the</strong> calm faith <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>Jesus</strong> when even <strong>the</strong> helmsman despaired <strong>of</strong> safety<br />

(Schenkel), or to represent it as only in some way<br />

a symbol <strong>of</strong> analogous mental phenomena<br />

(Ammonj Sehieiermachery Hase^ Weiszdckery<br />

<strong>and</strong> o<strong>the</strong>rs). <strong>The</strong> very variety <strong>of</strong> explanations<br />

proposed, <strong>of</strong> which not one agrees with <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>rs,

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