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

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digressions, anecdotes, quaint sayings, fancies,<br />

legends, <strong>and</strong> too <strong>of</strong>lien <strong>of</strong> what, from its pr<strong>of</strong>anity,<br />

superstition, <strong>and</strong> even obscenity, could scarcely be<br />

qnoted, we may form some general idea <strong>of</strong> what<br />

<strong>the</strong> Talmud is. <strong>The</strong> oldest <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>se two Talmuds<br />

dates from about <strong>the</strong> close <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> fourth c^esntury<br />

<strong>of</strong> our era. It is <strong>the</strong> product <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Palestinian<br />

Academies, ^xid hence ctilled <strong>the</strong> Jerusalem<br />

Talmud. <strong>The</strong> second is about a century younger,<br />

<strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> outcome <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Babylonian schools, hence<br />

called <strong>the</strong><br />

' Gomp. <strong>the</strong> very interesting tractate ' CJomp. <strong>the</strong><br />

enumeration in Pinner^<br />

Dr. briill (Fremdspr. Redensart. in d. u. s.<br />

Talmud ), as weU as Dr. Msler't Beitrftge •<br />

Talmud : that which is learned, doc-<br />

^> Habb. u. Alterthumsk., 3 fascic.; SachSi trine.<br />

Oemara : ei<strong>the</strong>r <strong>the</strong> same, or else ^«itr. z. Babb. u.<br />

Alterthumsk. * perfection,' * completion,*

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