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

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<strong>the</strong> inmost hopes ^ <strong>of</strong> those who longed for <strong>the</strong> '<br />

consolation <strong>of</strong> Israel,' as <strong>the</strong>y understood it. Nor<br />

should we judge <strong>the</strong>ir personations <strong>of</strong> authorship<br />

according to our Western ideas.' Pseudonymic<br />

writings were common in that age, <strong>and</strong> a Jew might<br />

perhaps plead that, even in <strong>the</strong> Old Testament,<br />

books had been headed by names which<br />

confessedly were not those <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir authors (such<br />

as Samuel, Ruth, Es<strong>the</strong>r). If those inspired poets<br />

who sang in <strong>the</strong> spirit, <strong>and</strong> echoed <strong>the</strong> strains, <strong>of</strong><br />

Asaph, adopted that designation, <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> sons <strong>of</strong><br />

Korah preferred to be known by that title, might<br />

not <strong>the</strong>y, who could no longer claim <strong>the</strong> authority<br />

<strong>of</strong> inspiration seeik attention for <strong>the</strong>ir utterances by<br />

adopting <strong>the</strong> names <strong>of</strong> those in whose spirit <strong>the</strong>y<br />

pr<strong>of</strong>essed to write ?<br />

<strong>The</strong> most interesting as well as <strong>the</strong> oldest <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>se<br />

books are<br />

> <strong>The</strong> Keup6s <strong>of</strong> St. Paul seemfl here used <strong>the</strong><br />

Pseudepigrapha. <strong>The</strong>ir ardour <strong>of</strong>

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