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

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(Antigonus). Only three years after- • in su wards,^<br />

Ptolemy reconquered <strong>and</strong> held it for a very short<br />

time. On * in su his retreat, he destroyed <strong>the</strong> walls<br />

<strong>of</strong> Samaria <strong>and</strong> <strong>of</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r towns. In 301 it passed<br />

ag£^ by treaty into <strong>the</strong> h<strong>and</strong>s <strong>of</strong> Ptolemy, but in 298<br />

it was once more ravaged by <strong>the</strong> son <strong>of</strong> Antigonus.<br />

After that it enjoyed a season <strong>of</strong> quiet under<br />

Egyptian rule, till <strong>the</strong> eign <strong>of</strong> Antiochus (III.) <strong>the</strong><br />

Great, when it again passed temporarily, <strong>and</strong> under<br />

his successor, Seleucus IV. (Philopator),®<br />

permanently under • i87-i7» Syrian dominion. In<br />

<strong>the</strong> troublous times <strong>of</strong> Antiochus IV. Epiphanes,*<br />

«i7»-im <strong>the</strong> Samaritans escaped <strong>the</strong> fate <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

Jews by repudiating all con-<br />

* As instances we may mention <strong>the</strong> names <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

Angels <strong>and</strong> devils. One <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> latter is called<br />

Yattara (inVO» which Petermann derives from<br />

Dent, xxxi. 21, <strong>and</strong> Nutt from Ex. xxiii. 28. I have<br />

little doubt, it is only a corruption <strong>of</strong> Tetser haRa.<br />

Indeed, <strong>the</strong> latter <strong>and</strong> Satan are expressly<br />

identified in Baba B. 16 a. Many <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Samaritan<br />

views seem only comTptions <strong>and</strong> adaptations <strong>of</strong>

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