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Messianic ExPECTATrONSiy^
AND
MODERN JUDAISM.
LECTURES DELIVERED BY
SOLOMON SCHINDLER,
OF THE TEMPLE ADATH ISRAEL, IN BOSTON.
SSSitfj an Cntrolmctiott bg
MI NOT J. SAVAGE.
Boston:
S. E. CASSINO AND COMPANY.
1886.
Copyright, 1886,
By S. E. Cassino and Company.
Elkctrotyped by
C. J. Peters & Son, Boston.
HENRIETTE SCHINDLER,
THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED IN
THANKFULNESS,
BY THE AUTHOR.
i
PREFACE.
I
PAGE
Introductory i
A Genuine Messiah 66
Conclusion . 152
Moses 239
I.
INTRODUCTORY.
DEAS are as mortal as men, who are their
exponents : their origin and life are similar
any human being they are lim-
to that of :
Introductory 3
Introductory. 1
12 Messianic Expectations.
Introductory. 13
14 Messianic Expectations.
1 Messianic Expectations.
1 Messianic Expectations.
^^
Two Thousand Years Ago !^ 19
* Isaiah ii 14. But they shall fly upon the shoulders of the
:
**
Und wenn die schwarzen Raben
Noch fliegen immer dar,
So muss ich nochmals schlafen
Verzaubert hundert Jahr."
26 Messianic Expectations.
28 Messianic Expectations
52 Messianic Expectations.
54 Messianic Expectations.
gence.
But, sad as the fact is, mankind never goes
behind the returns. It never takes the time to
examine the factors : it looks at the product
6S Messianic Expectations.
the Queen " would fill the place of the " Star-
spangled Banner " in the singing-books of our
schools. How many of us would take the trouble
to examine the motives, the heroism, and the
enthusiasm, of the noble men of 'y6 } Few
for we all should silently acquiesce in the verdict
of the world ; or, as you may call it, in the ver-
yo Messianic Expectations.
A Genuine Messiah, 7
* Mark xiii. 5-13. Take heed lest any man deceive you. For
some shall come under my name, saying, I am the Messiah,
and shall deceive many. And when ye shall hear of wars and
rumors of war, be ye not troubled for such things need be. :
S)i tlne7v, Kivovfiivtn im tovtio rpj oiKov/jiivrji. The passage, for they
shall deliver you up to councils {awibpia), and in the synagogues
ye shall be beaten, agrees with the statements of Justin and
Eusebius, who say that Bar Kochba had punished the Jew-
Christians because they would not fight against the Romans.
Eusebius, in his history of the 17th year of Hadrian, says :
A Genuine Messiah. 79
S6 Messianic Expectations.
all of them.
94 Messianic Expectations.
celled.
This unfortunate class of people, living in
constant danger of losing life and property,
tormented by the pangs of conscience, sur-
rounded by bigotry, fanaticism, and superstition,
had finally lost all self-control. A great many
of them had become mentally so deranged that
they would believe in the most absurd notions.
When Rubeni appeared at the court and was
received with such high distinction, thousands
of Spanish Marranos escaped to Portugal and;
his name.
In the meantime. King Joao HI. again
changed his policy. Without giving any cause,
he notified Rubeni to quit Portugal within two
112 Messianic Expectations.
1 14 Messianic Expectations.
THE KABBALAH.
The Kabbalah. 1 2
The Kabbalah. 13
SABBATAI ZWI.
Conclusion, 155
country }
1 62 Messianic Expectations.
Conclusion. 163
hopes. On
the one hand, it is expected of the
Messiah to introduce a government of peace and
equality, a time when all shall do the good for
the sake of doing good when all passions shall
;
Conclusion. 167
NOTE.
It is quite natural and therefore pardonable
in a reader of these ten lectures to ask the fol-
lowing questions :
—
1. Does the author represent therein what
all Israelites think of the Bible, of the Messiah,
and of the hope in a return to Palestine ?
y rPON Kohler,
the urgent solicitation of the Rev.
^g)| Dr. of New York city, about six-
teen rabbies, all belonging to the re-
formed wing of Judaism, assembled four weeks
ago in Pittsburg, Penn. and after a lively de-
;
I So Messianic Expectations.
1 82 Messianic Expectations,
XII.
1 90 Messianic Expectatio7is.
from him.
In regard to the Sabbath, the Conference
could not but acknowledge the historical Sab-
bath —
our Sabbath; —
but it warned against
the customary hypocrisy of naming one day of
rest and of keeping another, or none at all.
The main principle of the Sabbath is not that
we visit a temple and listen to a sermon ; it is
MODERN JUDAISM.
and to
to the religions of to-day, to Christianity
Islam but these children were never able
;
Modern Judaism. 2 1
21 Modern Judaism.
Modern Judaism. 2 1
age ;
when Ezra introduced the reading of the
law, and when Rabbi Jochanan ben Saccai,
after the destruction of the temple, substituted
prayers for sacrifices, they were by all means
the advocates of modern Judaism. In fact,
Judaism has changed with every generation,
and consequently has always been, so to say,
modern.
The advocates of free religion claim that all
the religions of the world are honest efforts on
the part of men groping in darkness to find the
secret of this life and the knowledge of all that
pertains to God. But if this be true, we could
as well begin to build a house from the roof
downwards. The knowledge God and the
of
disclosure of the secret of life is the beginning
and not the end of religion Judaism therefore
;
Modern Judaism. 21
Modern Judaism. 21
21 Modern Judaism.
due?
When, in the days of my childhood, I read the
biblical description of the Sinaitic Revelation, I
always imagined Mount Sinai to be a cone rising
up some height in the midst of the desert,
to
sloping evenly down on all sides. Around it I
saw the people of Israel pressing toward the
fence which Moses had been commanded to erect
around the base of the mountain, eager to witness
the grand scene which was to occur. I saw Moses
going up and down the mountain, now convers-
ing with God, now with the people I beheld ;
Israel.
To understand this in its liberal sense let us
examine what revelation means. A great
first
Columbus discovered it ?
There is not one commandment of the ten ;
markable laws.
But if they are of divine origin, and we, their
discoverers, have been destined to be their
guardians ; if, furthermore, we rejoice to-day in
that glorious mission, and assemble to celebrate
an event of the greatest moment ever recorded
in history, ought it not be our sacred duty at
once to ascertain how near we have come to
the realization of the wishes of God how near :
234 Moderti Judaism.
MOSES.
QN inventive genius is said to have con-
structed a machine which not only had
the appearance of a man, but could walk,
talk, drink, work, and act automatically
eat,
like aman. He is said to have finished this
man-machine in the best style, and so similar to
a real man that, after it had been set in motion,
it moved amongst men for years, without ever
being detected as a counterfeit.
After a few weeks of intercourse with real
human beings, the man-machine, however, be-
came dissatisfied with itself it perceived that
:
It was of no
that he removed to
avail
another he hid himself in obscure
city, that
villages the machine would find his hiding-
;
but turn the table, and you will find that al-
most daily in every one of us souls are created
which constantly follow us with the demand :
Moses. 243
many years ;
you will understand who his ene-
mies were.
Behold the difference Which of the two is
!
Moses. 25
Moses. 255
PROPAGATION OF RELIGION.
advisable to
familiarize ourselves with it, to
examine with the greatest care, and to show
it
those of Judaism ?
" Almost nothing is known
authentically of the origin of Christianity but
;
existence.
To account for the marvellous growth of
we must familiarize ourselves with
Christianity,
the conditions of that peculiar age.
Paganism had outlived its usefulness. The
belief in many gods had lost its hold upon the
masses, and idol-worship had fallen into disre-
pute. The past, so to say, had disappeared, and
the future was not yet there. The struggles of
the Jews, both with Greeks and Romans, had
directed the attention of the world upon them ;