In Persia,
India and Europe the name of Moses had not been heard of before the appearance
of Christ. Throughout these regions there was not a copy of the Torah. It was
through the instrumentality of Christ that the Torah was translated into six
hundred languages. It was Christ who raised aloft the standard of the Prophets
of Israel, so that most nations of the world believed that the children of
Israel were verily the chosen people of God, that that nation was a holy
nation, blessed by God, and that all the prophets of Israel were dawning points
of divine inspiration, day springs of divine revelation and shining stars from
the eternal Realm.
Hence,
Christ promulgated Judaism. He did not deny the prophetic validity of Moses but
rather promoted it. He did not efface the Torah but rather published it. The
portion of that Dispensation which concerned social transactions underwent
changes in accordance with the conditions of the time. This is of no
significance. The essential teaching of Moses was promulgated by Christ.
- 'Abdu'l-Baha (Words of ‘Abdu’l-Baha, From a talk at San
Francisco’s Jewish Temple, October 12, 1912, San Francisco, USA, recorded by
Mahmud Zarqani; ‘Mahmud’s Diary’)
