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...that it should be proven by reasons founded upon the testimonies of the prophets and the Talmudists Talmudists Scholars of the Talmud, the body of Jewish civil and ceremonial law..
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The first reason, by which it is proved that the time of the first coming of the Messiah has already passed, is taken from the failing of the Jewish scepter: for which it is first demonstrated that, around the first coming of the Messiah, the scepter of the Jewish kingdom had to completely fail original: defectione; referring to the "Scepter of Judah" prophecy in Genesis 49:10.
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That judicial power was also to be completely taken away from the Jews at the coming of the Messiah, and concerning the judges of the Jews.
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When, how, and why the kingdom of the Jews and their judicial power failed.
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The conclusion of the argument: that the Messiah has already come.
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That with the failing of the Jewish scepter, the miracles of the temple likewise ceased.
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The second reason, taken from the cessation of the second temple: that the time of the first coming of the Messiah has already passed, and that the Messiah himself was to come before the destruction of the second temple.
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A refutation of the Jewish objection, and a universal original: catholica; here meaning the orthodox or generally accepted Christian interpretation explanation of the prophecy of Haggai himself, according to their own commentaries original: glossas, and a confirmation of the aforementioned reason through Jeremiah.
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That the Messiah was born near the end of the second temple.
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A disproof of the Jewish opposition and a rebuke of the folly original: insaniae; a harsh polemical term common in period literature to describe theological disagreement of those who admit that the Messiah was born a long time ago, but say he has not yet "come."
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The third reason, by which it is proved that the time of the first coming of the Messiah has already passed, taken from the devastation of the assigned place likely referring to Jerusalem and the Holy of Holies.
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The fourth reason, effectively demonstrating that the time of the first coming of the Messiah has already passed, taken from the passing of the determined time through the prophecy of Daniel, according to the expositions of the Talmudists: and first, how the seventy weeks of Daniel original: septuaginta Danielis hebdomades; a reference to Daniel 9:24-27, often interpreted as seventy "weeks of years," or 490 years, containing the prefixed time of the Messiah, are to be understood.
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That the prefixed time of these seventy weeks was precisely fulfilled in our Lord Jesus Christ, according to the reckoning of the Hebrews.
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That according to our own histories, both Greek and Latin, the prefixed time of the Messiah contained in these seventy weeks was precisely completed in the death of Christ.
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Against the obstinate rashness and folly of Rabbi Solomon Rabbi Solomon ben Isaac, known as Rashi (1040–1105), and Rabbi Levi Rabbi Levi ben Gershon, known as Gersonides or Ralbag (1288–1344), and other more recent Jews, who most impudently attempt to pervert the words of Daniel.
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The true and universal explanation of the prophecy of Daniel itself, through the scriptures of the Jews.
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That the determined time of the coming of the Messiah suggested by Isaiah, already... The text breaks off here at the end of the page.