Thesis (M.S.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison. / Typescript. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 179-196).

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"The purpose of this study is to make a critical and detailed analysis of the references in the ancient sources, Philo, Josephus, Pliny and the church fathers, Justin, Hegesippus, Hippolytus and Epiphanius. The main emphasis will be on the less well-known sects. The Sadducees and the Pharisees will be dealt with only as they appear in the references to the lesser sects and for contrast and similarity. The study will attempt to correlate the separate reports and to support or cast doubt on the validity and reliability of the accounts. In order to do this it has been necessary to examine the life and work of each witness as a means of evaluating his credibility and the sources of his information. No attempt has been made to establish a specific thesis of relationship and derivation. That remains for a further study but possible lines for the development of such a thesis have been indicated where the evidence suggests such." -- from the Introduction.

筆者把墨子的兼愛思想與耶穌的博愛思想作比較，把墨子的非攻思想與耶穌對攻伐戰爭及其因素的看法作比較，並且把墨子的天志思想與耶穌對天的觀念作比較；此篇論文也討論當時猶太社會。猶太教派別對耶穌思想的影響和春秋戰國政治動盪對墨子思想的影響。 / Motze's philosohpy of Universal Love is compared to Jesus's philosophy of Brotherly love; Motze's thoughts concerning the will of Heaven are compared to Jesus's concept of God and Heaven. The influence of Jewish sects and Jewish society during the time of Roman rule on the philosophy of Jesus and the influence of the unstable political conditions during the Spring and Autumn/Warring States period on Motxe's thought are also discussed.