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Excerpt from Oaths and Vows in the Synoptic Gospels It is more likely, with Wellhausen and Merx, that Jesus' attack was not directed against oaths rendered by a court Of justice, but against unnecessary swearing in ordinary speech. Jesus demands Of his followers not to emphasize their statements by any Of these formulae Of oaths, whether expressly mentioning or imply ing God, but to answer with a simple and manly yea or nay. It is in a similar way that we have to understand the practice of the Essenes. Only on solemn occasions, as when accepting a new member into their fraternity or when called upon in a lawsuit, would they take recourse to an oath. 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.

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