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except the Torah - or the Law of Moses as contained in the
Pentateuch. This is evident from the Samaritan version of
the first five books of the Old Testament. We do not meet
with a single word or prophecy about David's posterity in
the discourses of the great prophets, like Elijah, Elisha, and
others, who flourished in Samariah during the reigns of the
wicked kings of Israel. It is only after the fall of the King-
dom of Israel and the transportation of the ten tribes into
Assyria that the Prophets of Judeah began to predict the ad-
vent of some Prince from the House of David who was soon
to restore the whole nation and subdue its enemies. There
are several of these obscure and ambiguous sayings in the
writings or discourses of these later prophets which have given
a rapturous and exotic exultation to the Fathers of the Church;
but in reality they have nothing to do with Jesus Christ. I
Pentateuch. This is evident from the Samaritan version of
the first five books of the Old Testament. We do not meet
with a single word or prophecy about David's posterity in
the discourses of the great prophets, like Elijah, Elisha, and
others, who flourished in Samariah during the reigns of the
wicked kings of Israel. It is only after the fall of the King-
dom of Israel and the transportation of the ten tribes into
Assyria that the Prophets of Judeah began to predict the ad-
vent of some Prince from the House of David who was soon
to restore the whole nation and subdue its enemies. There
are several of these obscure and ambiguous sayings in the
writings or discourses of these later prophets which have given
a rapturous and exotic exultation to the Fathers of the Church;
but in reality they have nothing to do with Jesus Christ. I