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

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oonrse, <strong>the</strong> task <strong>of</strong> Rabbinism to show that<br />

sacrifices had no intrinsic importance, <strong>and</strong> that<br />

<strong>the</strong>ir place was taken by prayer, pcoiitence, <strong>and</strong><br />

good works. So against objectors (on <strong>the</strong> ground <strong>of</strong><br />

Jer. zzziii 18---but see <strong>the</strong> answer in Yalkut on <strong>the</strong><br />

passage, vol. ii. p. 67 a, towards <strong>the</strong> end)<br />

dogmatically (Bab. B. 10 b; Vayyikra B. 7, ed.<br />

Warih. vol. iii. p. 12 a): ' he that doeth repentance,<br />

it is imputed to him as if he went up to Jeruailem,<br />

built <strong>the</strong> Temple <strong>and</strong> altar, <strong>and</strong> wrought all th«<br />

sacrifioes in <strong>the</strong> Law*; <strong>and</strong> in<br />

view <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> cessation <strong>of</strong> sacrifices in <strong>the</strong> * Athid<br />

labho * (Vay. u. s.; Tanch. on Par. Shemini). Soon,<br />

prayer or study were put even above saoifices<br />

(Ber. 82 h ; Men. 110 0), <strong>and</strong> an isolated teacher<br />

went so far as to regard <strong>the</strong> introduction <strong>of</strong><br />

sacrificial worship as merely intended to preserve<br />

Israel from conforming to hea<strong>the</strong>n worship<br />

(Vayyikra R. 22, u. s. p. 34 b, close). On <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r<br />

h<strong>and</strong>, individuals seem to have <strong>of</strong>fered sacrifices<br />

even after <strong>the</strong> destruction <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Temple (Bduy.<br />

viiL 6; Mechilta on Ex. xviii. 27, ed. Weia^ p. 68

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