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

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B&rt/eld (Gtesch. d. V. Isr. iii. p. 267, note)<br />

strangely misquotes <strong>and</strong> misinterprets this matter.<br />

Comp. Dr. Muller^ kassech. S<strong>of</strong>er. p. 75.<br />

* <strong>The</strong> most painful instances <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>se are <strong>the</strong><br />

legendary accounts <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> early history <strong>of</strong> Christ in<br />

<strong>the</strong> Apocryphal Gospels (well collated by Keim^<br />

i. 2, pp. 413-468, j^oiim). But later writers are<br />

unfortxmately not wholly free from <strong>the</strong> charge.<br />

' I must here protest against <strong>the</strong> introduction <strong>of</strong><br />

imaginary ' Evening Scenes in Nazareth/ when,<br />

according to Dr. Oeikie,' friends or neighbours <strong>of</strong><br />

Joseph's circle would meet for an hour's quiet<br />

gossip.' Dr. Geikie here introduces as<br />

specimens <strong>of</strong> this ' quiet gossip * a number <strong>of</strong><br />

Rabbinic quotations from <strong>the</strong> German translation in<br />

Dukei * Rabbinische Blu-menlese.' To this it is<br />

sufficient answer: 1. <strong>The</strong>re were no such learned<br />

Babbis in Nazareth. 2. If <strong>the</strong>re had been, <strong>the</strong>y<br />

would not have been visitors in <strong>the</strong> house <strong>of</strong><br />

Joseph. 3. If <strong>the</strong>y had been visitors <strong>the</strong>re, <strong>the</strong>y

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