Is JUDAISM the Law of Moses? - Part 8 - Ernest L Martin - July 1961

Ernest L Martin

The beginning of the Sanhedrin, the origin of the "traditions of the elders," the usurpation of authority by laymen - these are discussed in this installment. IN previous installments we followed the Egyptian rule of Palestine until 198 B.C. In that year the Syrian kingdom on the north invaded and conquered the territory of Judea. The change in government from Alexandria to Antior11 in Syria - and the resultant establishment of the Syrian way of life in Palestine - meant that a readjustment had to be made in the Jews' manner of living inherited from the Egyptian Hellenists. The Syrians were Hellenists as much as the Egyptians were but there was quite a difference in their mode of observing it! The Religious Anarchy Ends. When the Syrians assumed control of Palestine, the Jews were fully conscious that something new was taking place. It was this contrast between the Egyptian Hellenism they had been used to and the Syrian Hellenism which they were now obliged to follow, that shocked a few Jews into becoming cognizant that another way of life was possible - their old way of life - living by the Holy Scriptures! The Jews knew the Scriptures plainly did not recognize either form of Hellenism. New interest in God and the religion of Moses began to revive. - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library