The Bible History Old Testament by Alfred Edersheim Volume VI The Reign of Ahab to the Decline of the Two Kingdoms

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general preparation in it for the New, whatever historical views we may take of it, or whatever interpretations we may

give of it. We would even advance beyond this, and say that Christ and Christianity have their absolute truth, quite

irrespective of the Old Testament. But to us at least Jesus of Nazareth as the Christ is the direct outcome of the Old

Testament, as well as its higher fulfillment: not only "a light to lighten the Gentiles," but, and even in this very respect

also: "the glory of Thy people Israel."

ALFRED EDERSHEIM

8, Bradmore Road, Oxford:

1st November, 1885.