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the more I become convinced to believe that they are a
production - at least in their present shape and contents -
of authors other than the Jews. These Gospels are a
counterpoise to the Jewish Revelations - particularly as a
counter-project against the Sibyllian Books. This could
only be done by Greek Christians who had no interest in
the claims of the children of Abraham. The author of the
Sibyllian Books places side by side with the Jewish pro-
phets Enoch, Solomon, Daniel, and Ezra, the names of the
Greek sages Hermes, Homer, Orpheus, Pythagoras, and
others, evidently with the object of making propaganda for
the Hebrew religion. These books were written when
Jerusalem and the Temple were in ruins, some time before
or after the publication of St. John's Apocalypse. The
purport of the Sibyllian Revelation is that the Hebrew (l) Son
of Man or the Messiah will come to destroy the power of
production - at least in their present shape and contents -
of authors other than the Jews. These Gospels are a
counterpoise to the Jewish Revelations - particularly as a
counter-project against the Sibyllian Books. This could
only be done by Greek Christians who had no interest in
the claims of the children of Abraham. The author of the
Sibyllian Books places side by side with the Jewish pro-
phets Enoch, Solomon, Daniel, and Ezra, the names of the
Greek sages Hermes, Homer, Orpheus, Pythagoras, and
others, evidently with the object of making propaganda for
the Hebrew religion. These books were written when
Jerusalem and the Temple were in ruins, some time before
or after the publication of St. John's Apocalypse. The
purport of the Sibyllian Revelation is that the Hebrew (l) Son
of Man or the Messiah will come to destroy the power of