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

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THE MISHNAl^ THE JERUSALEM AND THE<br />

BABYLON TALMUD. lOd<br />

langac^ is Hebrew, though <strong>of</strong> course not that <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

Old Testament. CHAP. <strong>The</strong> words rendered<br />

necessary by <strong>the</strong> new circumstances are chiefly vm<br />

derived from <strong>the</strong> Greek, <strong>the</strong> Syriac, <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> Latin,<br />

with Hebrew ter- ^ ' ^ xninations.^ But all<br />

connected with social intercourse, or ordinary life<br />

^such as contracts), is written, not in Hebrew, but<br />

in Aramaean, as iihe language <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> people.<br />

But <strong>the</strong> traditional law embodied o<strong>the</strong>r materials<br />

than <strong>the</strong> Salakhoih collected in <strong>the</strong> Mishnah. Some<br />

that had not been Tecorded <strong>the</strong>re, found a place in<br />

<strong>the</strong> works <strong>of</strong> certain Rabbis, or were derived from<br />

<strong>the</strong>ir schools. <strong>The</strong>se are called Boraiihas —^that<br />

is, traditions external to <strong>the</strong> Mishnah. Finally, <strong>the</strong>re<br />

were ' additions' (or To8ephioth)j dating after <strong>the</strong><br />

completion <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Mishnah, but probably not later<br />

than <strong>the</strong> third century <strong>of</strong> our era. Such <strong>the</strong>re are to<br />

not fewer than fifty-two out <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> sixty-three<br />

Mishnic tractates. When speaking <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Halakhah

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