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Abishag afford ancient Teachers animal appeared assertion author of Christianity Babylonia behold belief bold character Christianity claim Commonwealth compelled conflict conquered conviction created desire Divine doctrine Ephraim existence expression faith feel foundation fulfilled fully future world gods Grecian Grecian culture Greek hand heart heathenism Hellenism higher Hillel holy human race idea influence Israel Jesus Jewish Jews Judah Judaism Judea King Kingdom Kingdom of Israel later ligion living Logos manifested mankind means ment Messiah Messianic Judaism moral nation nature nevertheless Palestine Parseeism Pharisees philosophy present preserved priestly priests profound prophets regarded Religion religious remain Rénan repudiated Reuben Rome rule sacrifices Sadducees sentiment Shamai soil soon spirit Strauss struggle sublime Talmud Temple thee thou tion tribe tribe of Ephraim tribe of Judah tribe of Reuben true truth unity unto uttered views whole words worship
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Page 50 - eat bread without scarceness," "whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills thou mayest dig brass " ; with gladness they describe it as a land which has been favored by God with the most various blessings, but its most essential virtue remains this: "For from Zion goeth forth the Law, and the word of God from Jerusalem." " Mountains round about Jerusalem, but God round about
Page 71 - hold of my covenant: even them I will bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer, their burnt offerings and their sacrifices
Page 71 - and choose the things that please me, and take hold of my covenant; even unto them I will give in my house and within my walls a place and a name better than of sons and of daughters,
Page 71 - my house and within my walls a place and a name better than of sons and of daughters, an everlasting name, that shall not
Page 111 - been destined to power and excellency, but unstable as water thou hast forfeited thy excellency." Moses, in his blessing, says: "Let Reuben live, and not die, and let not his men be few ! "—and
Page 217 - and thou shalt love God thy Lord, with all thy heart, with all thy soul, and with all thy power. And a second equally important commandment is, 'Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.
Page 222 - interfered with the religious convictions of his time ; raised himselfto a high eminence which was not accorded to him; represented the hope of the future as fulfilled and embodied in himself; pronounced a complete reform of all political conditions, and ignored the whole civil society of his time, though
Page 339 - whereas he denies that Judaism did the same. He indorses an observation of Welcker, saying: " Humanity could never have proceeded from Hebrew supernaturalism ; for in proportion as the conception of the latter is earnest and exalted, must the authority and the law of the One God and Lord suppress that human religious freedom from which all power and cheerfulness in our aspirations towards the best and
Page 327 - and the dead, and to open his kingdom, the kingdom of God in Heaven, To, a, human being no such thing as he here prophesied of himself could happen.
Page 336 - ho pretended devotee. Incomparable traits, traits worthy of a Son of God ! Thus a God alone can kill. Socrates and Moliere but graze the skin. He carries fire