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

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to us not only reliable, but embodies most ancient<br />

Jewish tradition. It is contained in one <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

smaller Midrashimy <strong>of</strong> which a collection has<br />

lately been published.' On account <strong>of</strong> its<br />

importance, one quotation at least from it should<br />

be made in full. <strong>The</strong> so-called <strong>Messiah</strong>-Haggadah<br />

(Aggadolh Mashicuih) opens as follows : ^A sta/r<br />

shall come end <strong>of</strong> Jacob. <strong>The</strong>re is a Boraita in <strong>the</strong><br />

name <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Rabbis: <strong>The</strong> heptad in which <strong>the</strong> Son<br />

<strong>of</strong> David cometh—in <strong>the</strong> first year, <strong>the</strong>re will not<br />

be sufficient nourish-<br />

anndost is called * filings <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> day' (as <strong>the</strong> word<br />

l^/ua)—that which faXlB <strong>of</strong>f from <strong>the</strong> simwheel as<br />

it turns (Yoma 20»).<br />

» • Der Stem der Weisen,' Copenhagen, 1827. <strong>The</strong><br />

tractate, though so frequently qvoted, seems<br />

scarcely to have been sufficiently studied, most<br />

writers having apparently ra<strong>the</strong>r read <strong>the</strong><br />

references to it in 2deler*t H<strong>and</strong>b. d. Math. u.<br />

techn. Chronol. MUnter'i work contains much that<br />

is biteresting <strong>and</strong> important.

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