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Chapter
II.—The Same Subject Continued.
“I heard that you promised yesterday to
Faustus to prove this day, giving out your arguments in regular order,
and beginning with Him who is Lord of the universe, that we ought to
say that He alone is God, and that we ought neither to say nor to think
that there are other gods, because he that acts contrary to this will
be punished eternally. But, above all, I am truly amazed at your
madness in hoping to convert a wise man, and one far advanced in years,
to your state of mind. But you will not succeed in your designs;
and all the more that I am present, and can thoroughly refute your
false arguments. For perhaps, if I had not been present, the wise
old man might have been led astray, because he has no critical
acquaintance1249
with the books
publicly believed in amongst the Jews.1250
| 1250 τῶν παρὰ
᾽Ιουδαίοις
δημοσίᾳ
πεπιστευμένων
βίβλων. The literal
translation, given in the text, means that the Jews as a community
believed in these books as speaking the truth. Cotelerius
translates: “the books which were publically entrusted to
the Jews.” One ms. reads,
πεπιστωμενων,
which might mean, “deemed trustworthy among the Jews.” | At present I shall omit much, in order
that I may the more speedily refute that which you have promised to
prove. Wherefore begin to speak what you promised to say before
us, who know the Scriptures. But if, fearing our refutation, you
are unwilling to fulfil your promise in our presence, this of itself
will be sufficient proof that you are wrong, because you did venture to
speak in the presence of those who know the Scriptures. And now,
why should I wait till you tell me, when I have a most satisfactory
witness of your promise in the old man who is present?”
And, saying this, he looked to my father, and said: “Tell
me, most excellent of all men, is not this the man who promised to
prove to you to-day that God is one, and that we ought not to say or
think that there is any other god, and that he who acts contrary to
this will be punished eternally, as committing the most heinous
sin? Do you, then, refuse to reply to
me?”
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