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

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Sinai' do not make up <strong>the</strong> whole <strong>of</strong> traditionalism.<br />

According to Maimonides, it consists <strong>of</strong> five, but<br />

more eritically <strong>of</strong> three classes.^ <strong>The</strong> first <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>se<br />

comprises both such ordinances as are found in <strong>the</strong><br />

Bible itself, <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> so-called Halakhoth <strong>of</strong> Moses<br />

from Sinai —^that is, such laws <strong>and</strong> usages as<br />

prevailed from time immemorial, <strong>and</strong> which,<br />

according to <strong>the</strong> Jewish view, had been orally<br />

delivered to, but not written down by Moses. For<br />

<strong>the</strong>se, <strong>the</strong>refore, no pro<strong>of</strong> was to he sought in<br />

Scripture —at most support, or confermatory<br />

allusion (AsmaJchta)} Nor were <strong>the</strong>se open to<br />

discussion. <strong>The</strong> second class formed <strong>the</strong> ' oral<br />

law,'' or <strong>the</strong> ' traditional teaching'« in <strong>the</strong> stricter<br />

sense. To this class belonged all that was<br />

supposed to be implied in, or that could be<br />

deduced from, <strong>the</strong> Law <strong>of</strong> Moses.^ <strong>The</strong> latter<br />

contained, indeed, in substance or<br />

1 Ano<strong>the</strong>r reason also is, howerer, mentioned for<br />

this prohibition.<br />

» JRnohfeldj u. s. pp. 92-99.

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