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Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews

Cyprian of Carthage

Book 1 · Introduction

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Author: Cyprian of Carthage

In Isaiah: “For what purpose to me is

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the

multitude

of

your

sacrifices

?

saith

the

Lord

:

I

am

full

;

I

will

not

have

the

burnt

sacrifices

of

rams

,

and

fat

of

lambs

,

and

blood

of

bulls

and

goats

.

For

who

hath

required

these

things

from

your

hands

?

”

Also

in

the

forty

-

ninth

Psalm

:

“

I

will

not

eat

the

flesh

of

bulls

,

nor

drink

the

blood

of

goats

.

Offer

to

God

the

sacrifice

of

praise

,

and

pay

your

vows

to

the

Most

High

.

Call

upon

me

in

the

day

of

trouble

,

and

I

will

deliver

thee

:

and

thou

shalt

glorify

me

.

”

In

the

same

Psalm

,

moreover

:

“

The

sacrifice

of

praise

shall

glorify

me

:

therein

is

the

way

in

which

I

will

show

him

the

salvation

of

God

.

”

In

the

fourth

Psalm

too

:

“

Sacrifice

the

sacrifice

of

righteousness

,

and

hope

in

the

Lord

.

”

Likewise

in

Malachi

:

“

I

have

no

pleasure

concerning

you

,

saith

the

Lord

,

and

I

will

not

have

an

accepted

offering

from

your

hands

.

Because

from

the

rising

of

the

sun

,

even

unto

the

going

down

of

the

same

,

my

name

is

glorified

among

the

Gentiles

;

and

in

every

place

odours

of

incense

are

offered

to

my

name

,

and

a

pure

sacrifice

,

because

great

is

my

name

among

the

nations

,

saith

the

Lord

.

”

Notes

1
Isa. i. 11, 12.
2
Ps. l. 13–15.
3
Ps. l. 23.
4
Ps. iv. 5.
5
Mal. i. 10, 11. [P. 251, note 1, supra. The oblation of Melchizedek. Gen. xiv. 18. The Oxford translator adds, “with the incense of pious prayers.” See Justin, vol. i. p. 215, cap. xli., and Irenæus, vol. i. p. 484.]