19). But what conceivable motive
could "Mark" have for omitting it? Holtzmann has no
doubt, however, that the "Sermon on the Mount" is a
compilation, or, as he calls it in his
recently-published _Lehrbuch_ (p. 372), "an artificial
mosaic work."
[70] See Schuerer, _Geschichte des juedischen Volkes_,
Zweiter Thiel, p. 384.
[71] Spacious, because a young man could sit in it "on the
right side" (xv. 5), and therefore with plenty of room
to spare.
[72] King Herod had not the least difficulty in supposing
the resurrection of John the Baptist--"John, whom I
beheaded, he is risen" (Mark vi. 16).
[73] I am very sorry for the interpolated "in," because
citation ought to be accurate in small things as in
great. But what difference it makes whether one
"believes Jesus" or "believes in Jesus" much thought
has not enabled me to discover. If you "believe him"
you must believe him to be what he professed to
be--that is, "believe in him;" and if you "believe in
him" you must necessarily "believe him."
[74] True for Justin: but there is a school of theological
critics, who more or less question the historical
reality of Paul, and the genuineness of even the four
cardinal epistles.
Pages:
308
309
310
311
312
313
314
315
316
317
318
319
320
321
322
323
324
325
326
327
328
329
330
331
332