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

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are essentially <strong>the</strong> same as those <strong>of</strong> Jewish<br />

traditionalism in <strong>the</strong> Haggadah,^ only <strong>the</strong> latter<br />

were not rationalising, <strong>and</strong> far more brilliant in<br />

<strong>the</strong>ir appli-cation.' In ano<strong>the</strong>r respect ako <strong>the</strong><br />

Palestinian had <strong>the</strong> advantage <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Alex<strong>and</strong>rian<br />

exegesis. Reverently <strong>and</strong> cautiously it indicated<br />

what might be omitted in public reading, <strong>and</strong> why;<br />

what expressions <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> original might be modified<br />

by <strong>the</strong> Meturgeman, <strong>and</strong> how ; so as to avoid alike<br />

one danger by giving a passage in its literality, <strong>and</strong><br />

ano<strong>the</strong>r by adding to <strong>the</strong> sacred text, or conveying<br />

a wrong impression <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Divine Being, or else<br />

giving occasion to <strong>the</strong> unlearned <strong>and</strong><br />

(Ber. B. 66) would have us panctuate Gen. zxYii.<br />

19, as follows: *ijid Jacob said unto his fa<strong>the</strong>r, I<br />

(viz. am he who will receive <strong>the</strong> ten<br />

comm<strong>and</strong>ments)— (bat) Esaa (is) thy firstborn.* In<br />

Talkut <strong>the</strong>re is <strong>the</strong> still more carious explanation<br />

that in heaven <strong>the</strong> soal <strong>of</strong> Jacob was <strong>the</strong> firstborn 1<br />

* Each <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>se positions is capable <strong>of</strong> ample<br />

pro<strong>of</strong> from Philo*s writings, as shown by

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