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The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah Vol 1 - Predestination

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attached to it, we know from <strong>the</strong> action <strong>of</strong> Ezra * in<br />

that respect, <strong>and</strong> from <strong>the</strong> stress which Josephus<br />

lays on •chs. ix. r. this point.** Official records <strong>of</strong><br />

descent as regarded <strong>the</strong> priesthood were ^^n*J^<br />

kept in <strong>the</strong> Temple. Besides, <strong>the</strong> Jewish authorities<br />

seem to have possessed a general <strong>of</strong>ficial register,<br />

which Herod afterwards ordered to be burnt, from<br />

reasons which it is not difficult to infer. But from<br />

that day, laments a Rabbi, <strong>the</strong> glory <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Jews<br />

decreased !•<br />

Nor was it merely purity <strong>of</strong> descent <strong>of</strong> which <strong>the</strong><br />

Eastern dispersion could boast. In truth, Palestine<br />

owed everything to Ezra,<br />

• Rosfa haSh. ii. 4; comp. <strong>the</strong> Jer. * As comments<br />

upon <strong>the</strong> genealogies Gemara on It, <strong>and</strong> in <strong>the</strong> Bab.<br />

Tahnad from * Axel' in 1 Ohr. viii. 37 to * Axel'<br />

La 23 h. iz. 44. Pes. 62 b.<br />

• B<strong>of</strong>lh. hafih. i. 4. * Pes. 62 b; Sochi, Beitr. vol.<br />

ii. p.

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