The Doctrine of God in the Jewish Apocryphal And Apocalyptic Literature
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This is io*'-i2*. The writer of this, " the saddest dirge in the Jewish literature of the time, " as Dr. Charles calls it, expresses indeed his belief in coming retribution on Israel's oppressors (12*) ; but Israel, according to him, has no future in this world or the next. Offerings will never be made again in Zion (10^). Beyond the grave there is neither reward nor retribution. The dead in Sheol are more blessed than the living (11"). God has forsaken the elect people. 4 ESDRAS The Salathiel ...Apocalypse (S) Israel and the Gentiles. Esdras cites the covenant with Abraham in which the divine promise was that His seed should never be forsaken (3^^). But the apocalyptist's hopes are centred upon the unseen life, not at all upon any theocratic kingdom on earth. When Esdras asks what shall be the indication of the end of the first age and the beginning of the second, the answer is : " The heel of the first age is Esau ; the hand of the second is Jacob. The beginning of a man is his hand, and the end of a man is his heel.
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