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make this principle the foundation of a new religious sect. He must next get his partisans to secure the presence of the caliph himself at the trial, which was not an unusual thing for important prosecutions. Anan was to declare that his religion was different from Rabbinic Judaism and that his followers entirely coincided with him in matters of religious doctrine. This was an easy matter for Anan to say, because the majority of them were opposed to the rabbis. Complying with this advice, Anan defended himself in

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