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

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have been unduly exaggerated by modem writers,<br />

misled by one-sided quotations &om Rabbinic<br />

works.*<br />

<strong>The</strong> Biblical history <strong>of</strong> that part <strong>of</strong> Palestine which<br />

bore <strong>the</strong> name <strong>of</strong> Samaria need not here be<br />

repeated.* Before <strong>the</strong> final deportation •comp.i <strong>of</strong><br />

Israel by Shahnaneser, or ra<strong>the</strong>r Sargon,^ tha ^<br />

Samaria' to which 82; zTi/si his operations<br />

extended must have considerably shrunk in<br />

dimensions, lath-pUewr, not only owing to<br />

previous conquests, but from <strong>the</strong> circumstance that<br />

xT.s9:8hai. <strong>the</strong> authority <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> kings <strong>of</strong> Judah<br />

seems to have extended over a xtil »-»*;<br />

considerable portion <strong>of</strong> what once constituted <strong>the</strong><br />

kingdom <strong>of</strong> Israel.** sargon, rrk Probably <strong>the</strong><br />

Samaria <strong>of</strong> that time included little more than <strong>the</strong><br />

city >, q^j^^ <strong>of</strong> that name, toge<strong>the</strong>r with some<br />

adjoining towns <strong>and</strong> villages. It is SdT.r* <strong>of</strong><br />

considerable interest to remember that <strong>the</strong> places,<br />

to which <strong>the</strong> inhabitants <strong>of</strong> Samaria were<br />

transported,^ have been identified with * s Kings<br />

such clearness as to leave no reasonable doubt,

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