The Law Of Love In The Old And New Testaments PDF Download

Excerpt from The Law of Love in the Old and New Testaments For similar views see Hastings' Dictionary of Christ and the Gospels, ' Vol. Il., pp. 77 and 81, 'encyclopaedia Biblica, ' Vol. III., 3389, Hastings' 'dictionary of the Bible, ' Vol. III., p. 156, and the Bampton Lectures, pp. 194-5. These are but a few of the recognised authorities, and represent the general Christian view as to the assumed limitation attached to the law of loving one's neighbour. Is it a fact that Judaism in pre-christian times taught that love to man was strictly limited to the Hebrew people? Is it true that before the ministry of Jesus the Jew hated his enemy? If the writers quoted had only given chapter and verse for their statements it would be possible to test the validity of their conclusions. They all agree in making similar assertions, but all signally fail to give the slightest justification for their opinions. To assert that Jewish ethics are narrow, or to deny that Judaism teaches universal morality, is tantamount to saying that its religious system ls' merely in a state of development. It reached, so we are told, its consummation in the new revelation contained in the Gospels. We are all agreed that a religion must be finally judged by the value it sets on God and man. If a religion is found to be narrow, it will be justly rejected as lacking perfection. Duties to God and to man must be free from all limitations. The question which now confronts us is what did Judaism teach as to man's duty to God, and also as to his duty to his neighbour, prior to the New Testament period. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.