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of Judah also has disappeared together with its royal authority
and its sister - the prophetical succession. It is an indis-
pensable condition for the maintenance of a tribal existence
and identity to show that the tribe as a whole lives either in
its own fatherland or elsewhere collectively and speaks its
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own language. But with the Jews the case is just the reverse.
To prove yourself to be an Israelite, you need hardly trouble
yourself about it; for anybody will recognize you, but you
can never prove yourself to belong to one of the twelve tribes.
You are dispersed and have lost your very language.
The Jews are forced to accept one or the other of the
two alternatives, namely, either to admit that Shiloh has come
and its sister - the prophetical succession. It is an indis-
pensable condition for the maintenance of a tribal existence
and identity to show that the tribe as a whole lives either in
its own fatherland or elsewhere collectively and speaks its
29
own language. But with the Jews the case is just the reverse.
To prove yourself to be an Israelite, you need hardly trouble
yourself about it; for anybody will recognize you, but you
can never prove yourself to belong to one of the twelve tribes.
You are dispersed and have lost your very language.
The Jews are forced to accept one or the other of the
two alternatives, namely, either to admit that Shiloh has come