 | B. T. D. Smith - 1927 - 276 pages
...prohibition is not based upon the need of constant truthfulness of speech — because, as the Essenes taught, "he who cannot be believed without (swearing by) God is already condemned " (similarly Philo) ; it is based upon the need of reverence. The oaths in common use involve " the... | |
 | 1961 - 236 pages
...prohibition is not based upon the need of constant truthfulness of speech — because, as the Essenes taught, "he who cannot be believed without (swearing by) God is already condemned " (similarly Philo) ; it is based upon the need of reverence. The oaths in common use involve ' ' the... | |
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They are eminent for fidelity, and are the ministers of peace ; whatsoever they say also is firmer than an oath ; but swearing is avoided by them, and they esteem it * worse than perjury ; for they say, that he who cannot be believed, without [swearing... 
