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a theologico-political treatise [part ii]-第21部分

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(2) This conjecture; if such it be; is founded on the genealogy of King



Jeconiah; given in 1 Chron。 iii。; which finishes at the sons of Elioenai;



the thirteenth in direct descent from him: whereon we must observe that



Jeconiah; before his captivity; had no children; but it is probable that he



had two while he was in prison; if we may draw any inference from the names



he gave them。 (3) As to his grandchildren; it is evident that they were born



after his deliverance; if the names be any guide; for his grandson; Pedaiah



(a name meaning God hath delivered me); who; according to this chapter; was



the father of Zerubbabel; was born in the thirty…seventh or thirty…eighth



year of Jeconiah's life; that is thirty…three years before the restoration



of liberty to the Jews by Cyrus。 (4) Therefore Zerubbabel; to whom Cyrus



gave the principality of Judaea; was thirteen or fourteen years old。 (5) But



we need not carry the inquiry so far: we need only read attentively



the chapter of 1 Chron。; already quoted; where (v。 17; sqq。) mention is made



of all the posterity of Jeconiah; and compare it with the Septuagint version



to see clearly that these books were not published; till after Maccabaeus



had restored the Temple; the sceptre no longer belonging to the house of



Jeconiah。







Endnote 20。 (1) 〃Zedekiah should be taken to Babylon。〃 (2) No one could then



have suspected that the prophecy of Ezekiel contradicted that of Jeremiah;



but the suspicion occurs to everyone who reads the narrative of Josephus。



(3) The event proved that both prophets were in the right。







Endnote 21。 (1) 〃And who wrote Nehemiah。〃 (2) That the greater part of the



book of Nehemiah was taken from the work composed by the prophet Nehemiah



himself; follows from the testimony of its author。 (See chap。 i。)。 (3) But



it is obvious that the whole of the passage contained between chap。 viii。



and chap。 xii。 verse 26; together with the two last verses of chap。 xii。;



which form a sort of parenthesis to Nehemiah's words; were added by the



historian himself; who outlived Nehemiah。







Endnote 22。 (1) 〃I suppose no one thinks〃 that Ezra was the uncle of the



first high priest ; named Joshua (see Ezra vii。; and 1 Chron。 vi:14); and



went to Jerusalem from Babylon with Zerubbabel (see Nehemiah xii:1)。 (2) But



it appears that when he saw; that the Jews were in a state of anarchy; he



returned to Babylon; as also did others (Nehem。 i;2); and remained there



till the reign of Artaxerxes; when his requests were granted and he went a



second tim to Jerusalem。 (3) Nehemiah also went to Jerusalem with Zerubbabel



in the time of Cyrus (Ezra ii:2 and 63; cf。 x:9; and Nehemiah x:1)。 (4) The



version given of the Hebrew word; translated 〃ambassador;〃 is not supported



by any authority; while it is certain that fresh names were given to those



Jews who frequented the court。 (5) Thus Daniel was named Balteshazzar;



and Zerubbabel Sheshbazzar (Dan。 i:7)。 (6) Nehemiah was called Atirsata;



while in virtue of his office he was styled governor; or president。



(Nehem。 v。 24; xii:26。)







Endnote 23。 (1) 〃Before the time of the Maccabees there was no canon of



sacred books。〃 (2) The synagogue styled 〃the great〃 did not begin before the



subjugation of Asia by the Macedonians。 (3) The contention of Maimonides;



Rabbi Abraham; Ben…David; and others; that the presidents of this synagogue



were Ezra; Daniel; Nehemiah; Haggai; Zechariah; &c。; is a pure fiction;



resting only on rabbinical tradition。 (4) Indeed they assert that the



dominion of the Persians only lasted thirty…four years; and this is their



chief reason for maintaining that the decrees of the 〃great synagogue;〃 or



synod (rejected by the Sadducees; but accepted by the Pharisees) were



ratified by the prophets; who received them from former prophets; and so in



direct succession from Moses; who received them from God Himself。 (5) Such



is the doctrine which the Pharisees maintain with their wonted obstinacy。



(6) Enlightened persons; however; who know the reasons for the convoking of



councils; or synods; and are no strangers to the differences between



Pharisees and Sadducees; can easily divine the causes which led to the



assembling of this great synagogue。 (7) It is very certain that no prophet



was there present; and that the decrees of the Pharisees; which they style



their traditions; derive all their authority from it。











End of Endnotes to Part II。 …  Chapters VI to X。



















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