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

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<strong>the</strong> P^enoiei^ but that <strong>the</strong> Law was given directly<br />

through Moses, <strong>and</strong> not by <strong>the</strong> mediation <strong>of</strong> angels.<br />

But this latter was certainly <strong>the</strong> view generally<br />

entertained in Palestine as expressed in <strong>the</strong> LXX.<br />

rendering <strong>of</strong> Deut. zxxii. 2, in <strong>the</strong> Targumim on that<br />

passage, <strong>and</strong> more fully still in Joi. Ant. zv. 5. 3, in<br />

<strong>the</strong> Mid-rashim <strong>and</strong> in <strong>the</strong> Talmud, where we are<br />

told (Mace. 24 a) that only <strong>the</strong> opening words, * I<br />

am <strong>the</strong> Lord thy God» thou shalt have no o<strong>the</strong>r<br />

gods but Me,* were spoken by God Himself.<br />

Comp. also Acts vii. 38, 53; Gal. iii 19; Heb. ii. 2.<br />

* Bdmmefnchad, *appropriatum; * ham-mephoratht<br />

* expositum,' * separatum,' tiiie<br />

* tetragrammaton,' or four-lettered name, n)n^<br />

<strong>The</strong>re was also a Skmn with<br />

• twelve,' <strong>and</strong> one with 'forty-two * lettera (Kidd.<br />

71 a).<br />

THE 'MEMBA' OF ONKELOS AND THE

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