134 SHEMITIC CIVILIZATION. 



Pounded 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-TTSide 

 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 

 a time. — Translator's Note. 



