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

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observance <strong>of</strong> it lasted as long as <strong>the</strong>y were in<br />

<strong>the</strong>ir own cities.^ Matters proceeded so far, that<br />

<strong>the</strong>y were «Jer.Abhi entirely excluded fix)m<br />

fellowship.^ <strong>The</strong> extreme limit <strong>of</strong> this direckchLi.«i<br />

tion/ if, indeed, <strong>the</strong> statement applies to<br />

<strong>the</strong> Samaritans,^ is marked * shabhjtti by <strong>the</strong><br />

declaration, that to partake <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir bread was like<br />

eating swine's flesh. This is fur<strong>the</strong>r improved upon<br />

in a later Bab-binic work,^ which gives a detailed<br />

story <strong>of</strong> how <strong>the</strong> Samaritans kYaikutii had<br />

conspired against Ezra <strong>and</strong> Nehemisdi, <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> ban<br />

been laid ^ upon <strong>the</strong>m, so that now not only was all<br />

intercourse with <strong>the</strong>m forbidden, but <strong>the</strong>ir bread<br />

declared like swine's flesh; proselytes were not to<br />

be received from <strong>the</strong>m; nor would <strong>the</strong>y have part in<br />

<strong>the</strong> Resurrection <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> dead.^ But <strong>the</strong>re is a great<br />

difference between all this extravagance <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

opinions prevailing at <strong>the</strong> time <strong>of</strong> <strong>Jesus</strong>. Even in<br />

<strong>the</strong> Rabbinic tractate on <strong>the</strong> Samaritans °^ it is<br />

admitted, that in most <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir usages <strong>the</strong>y<br />

resembled -iiiMM-Israelites, <strong>and</strong> many rights <strong>and</strong><br />

privileges are conceded to <strong>the</strong>m, from Kuthim. i<br />

which a hea<strong>the</strong>n would have been excluded. <strong>The</strong>y

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