Principles of Biblical [or rather New Testament] interpretation, tr. from the Institutio interpretis, by C. H. Terrot - Brossura

Ernesti, Johann August

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1150086580 ISBN 13: 9781150086588

Casa editrice: General Books LLC, 2012

Riassunto

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1833 Excerpt: ... they learned by hearing, shews that the meaning is, ye have been taught by tradition. VIII. In all that relates to antiquities, Philo and Josephus are to be preferred to the Rabbinical writers, as being both earlier and more learned than they: nor are they to be listened to who, misled by a foolish partiality for the Rabbins, or by their own partial opinions, maintain that their authority ought to be preferred, when it contradicts that of Philo and Josephus. For when the question is respecting the Temple, or the religious rites connected with it, as, for example, the Passover, the Holy Place, and the Temple of Herod, a higher degree of credit ought surely to be given to those who saw and took a share in these things, than to those who lived after the Temple was destroyed, and the rites connected with it disused.p The ignorance of the Jews, and their gross falsehoods respecting Hebrew antiquities, are well exposed by Heinius in his Obs. Sac. i. 9, ii. 3. i f Thus, for instance, the Talmudists assert that the priests sacrificed the paschal lamb, while Philo asserts that the sacrifice was performed by each father of a family. They say, that the old temple was not entirely destroyed by Herod; Josephus asserts that even the sanctuary was pulled down. In these cases Philo and Josephus are the more credible authorities. Light is thrown upon some passages of the New Testament, by the Samaritan remains published in Eich. horn's Repertorium Lit. Or. et Bibl. T. ix. and in Paulus' Repert. T. I. p. 120, seq. IX. Philo is particularly useful in illustrating the allegorical and mystical reasonings, so much used by St. Paul: in which point there is so striking a similarity between him and St. Paul, that some have supposed the Apostle must have seen the writings of Philo,"...

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• Editore: General Books LLC
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1150086580
• ISBN 13: 9781150086588
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 74
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