134 SHEMITIC CIVILIZATION. 



Founded on the clear and simple dogma of 

 Divine Unity, scattering naturalism and 

 pantheism to the winds, by this phrase of 

 marvellous precision : " In the beginning 

 God created the Heaven and the Earth;" 

 possessing a Law, a Book, the repository 

 of elevated moral teachings and lofty reli- 

 gious poetry, Judaism had an incontestible 

 superiority, and at that time it might have 

 seemed possible to predict that some day 

 the world would worship as the Jews ; that 

 is, leave its ancient mythology for mono- 

 theism. An extraordinary movement which 

 took place at that moment, in the bosom of 

 Judaism itself, decided the victory. Side 

 by side with these grand and incomparable 

 portions, Judaism contained the principle 

 of a narrow formalism and fanaticism, both 

 exclusive and disdainful of the foreigner. 

 This was the Pharisaical spirit'; in later 

 times it engendered the Talmudical spirit. 



belonging to the extreme advanced school of theology ; and the 

 expression of these views in the following passages led to the sup- 

 pression of his course of lectures at the College of France, for 

 * time. Translator's Note. 



