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

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Bat <strong>the</strong> langaage <strong>of</strong> disapproval in which <strong>the</strong>se<br />

porsaite are referred to —such as that knowledge<br />

<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Law is not found with astrologers ^ — <strong>and</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong> emphatic statement, that he who learned even<br />

one thing from a Mage deserved death, show what<br />

views were authoritatively held.^ ^ Of course, <strong>the</strong><br />

Jews (or many <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>m), like most ancients,<br />

believed in <strong>the</strong> influence <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> planets upon <strong>the</strong><br />

destiny <strong>of</strong> man.^ But it was a principle strongly<br />

expressed, <strong>and</strong> fi^uently illustrated in <strong>the</strong> Talmud,<br />

that such planetary influence did 7U)t extend to<br />

Israel.^ It must be admitted, that this was not

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