Book V - Snyder Bible

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cessity of Genesis, and therefore I cannot be persuaded that
either to do well or to do ill is in our power; and if we have not
our actions in our power, I cannot believe that there is a
judgment to come by which either punishments may be inflicted
on the evil or rewards bestowed on the good. In short,
since I see that you are initiated in this sort of learning, I shall
lay bi-
ything from that science, my brother
Clement will answer you with all care, since he has attended
more fully to the science of mathematics. For I can maintain in
other ways that our actions are in our own power; but I ought
Chapter LVIII: Sitting in Judgment upon Yahweh
omorrow,
my father, you shall speak as you please, and we will
gladly hear you; for I suppose it will also be gratifying to you
that you have to do with those who are not ignorant of the
ttled
between the old man and me, that on the following day
we should hold a discussion on the subject of Genesis
whether all things are done under its influence, or there be
anything in us not done by Genesis, but by the judgment of the
mindKefa rose up, and began to speak to the following ef-
is exceedingly wonderful, that things which can
easily be found out men make difficult by hidden thoughts and
words; and those especially who think themselves wise, and
who, wishing to comprehend the will of Yahweh, treat Elohim
as if He were a man, indeed as if He were something less than
a man: for no one can know the purpose or mind of a man unless
he himself reveal his thoughts; and neither can any one
learn a profession unless he be for a long time instructed by a
master. How much more must it be that no one can know the
mind or the work of the invisible and incomprehensible Elohim,
unless He Himself send a prophet to declare His purpose
and expound the way of His creation, so far as it is lawful for
men to learn it! Hence I think it ridiculous when men judge of