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Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews

Cyprian of Carthage

Book 3 · Introduction

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Author: Cyprian of Carthage

In Genesis: “And God, tempted Abraham,

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and

said

to

him

,

Take

thy

only

son

whom

thou

lovest

,

Isaac

,

and

go

into

the

high

land

,

and

offer

him

there

as

a

burnt

-

offering

on

one

of

the

mountains

of

which

I

will

tell

thee

.

”

Of

this

same

thing

in

Deuteronomy

:

“

The

Lord

your

God

proveth

you

,

that

He

may

know

if

ye

love

the

Lord

your

God

with

all

your

heart

,

and

with

all

your

soul

.

”

Of

this

same

thing

in

the

Wisdom

of

Solomon

:

“

Although

in

the

sight

of

men

they

suffered

torments

,

their

hope

is

full

of

immortality

;

and

having

been

in

few

things

distressed

,

yet

in

many

things

they

shall

be

happily

ordered

,

because

God

tried

them

,

and

found

them

worthy

of

Himself

.

As

gold

in

the

furnace

He

proved

them

,

and

as

a

burnt

-

offering

He

received

them

.

And

in

their

time

there

shall

be

respect

of

them

;

they

shall

judge

the

nations

,

and

shall

rule

over

the

people

;

and

their

Lord

shall

reign

for

ever

.

”

Of

this

same

thing

in

the

Maccabees

:

“

Was

not

Abraham

found

faithful

in

temptation

,

and

it

was

accounted

unto

him

for

righteousness

?

”

Notes

1
Gen. xxii. 1, 2.
2
Deut. xiii. 3.
3
Wisd. iii. 4–8.
4
1 Macc. ii. 52.