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NL888 Posted 13 years ago
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Does " commissioned the services of F. Max Muller" mean...?
Does " commissioned the services of F. Max Muller" mean "authorized F. Max Muller and gave him the duty of"?
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When appearing in 1894, Notovitch's account became immediately and widely controversial. Christian churches denounced it as a hoax. The British Church Mission in India employed a professor to find and bury the documents described by Notovitch. The Anglican Church commissioned the services of F. Max Muller, the great German scholar who taught at Oxford. Muller dismissed it, largely by challenging the two main sources, namely a book of fourteen chapters and another document titled Nath Namavali preserved by the Saddhus of Yoga Nath. Muller also cited an interview of the Himmis monastery's abbot who insisted that no documents about Jesus existed and that Notovitch never visited there. (12)
Context:
When appearing in 1894, Notovitch's account became immediately and widely controversial. Christian churches denounced it as a hoax. The British Church Mission in India employed a professor to find and bury the documents described by Notovitch. The Anglican Church commissioned the services of F. Max Muller, the great German scholar who taught at Oxford. Muller dismissed it, largely by challenging the two main sources, namely a book of fourteen chapters and another document titled Nath Namavali preserved by the Saddhus of Yoga Nath. Muller also cited an interview of the Himmis monastery's abbot who insisted that no documents about Jesus existed and that Notovitch never visited there. (12)
Top answer
It means that the Church hired him to assist them with his professional skills.
- It means that the Church hired him to assist them with his professional skills.
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It means that the Church hired him to assist them with his professional skills.
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NL888Does " commissioned the services of F. Max Muller" mean "authorized F. Max Muller and gave him the duty of"?Yes...which is what Clive has paraphrased in a more standard way.
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