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

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<strong>the</strong> Emperor was intermitted, which was who took<br />

part in <strong>the</strong> last Jewish war.<br />

really a declaration <strong>of</strong> war against Rome. Suffice<br />

it to indicate <strong>the</strong> tendency <strong>of</strong> that<br />

<strong>The</strong> date <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>se decrees was probably^ School<br />

About four jean before <strong>the</strong> destmctloir<br />

BOOK mercilessly he tried to suppress it: first, by<br />

<strong>the</strong> execution <strong>of</strong> Ezekias n <strong>and</strong> his adherents, <strong>and</strong><br />

afterwards, when he became King <strong>of</strong> Jndaea, by<br />

' '"'^ <strong>the</strong> slaughter <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Sanhedrists. <strong>The</strong><br />

consequence <strong>of</strong> this unsparing severity was to give<br />

Rabbinism a different direction. <strong>The</strong> School <strong>of</strong><br />

Hillel, which henceforth comm<strong>and</strong>ed <strong>the</strong> majority,<br />

were men <strong>of</strong> no political colour, <strong>the</strong>ological<br />

<strong>the</strong>orists, selfnseeking Jurists, vain ra<strong>the</strong>r than<br />

ambitious. <strong>The</strong> minority, represented by <strong>the</strong> School<br />

<strong>of</strong> Shammai, were Nationalists. Defective <strong>and</strong><br />

even false as both tendencies were, <strong>the</strong>re was<br />

certainly more hope, as regarded <strong>the</strong> Kingdom <strong>of</strong>

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