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

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<strong>the</strong> women's gallery to have risen. <strong>The</strong> flooring is<br />

formed <strong>of</strong> slabs <strong>of</strong> white limestone; ^ <strong>the</strong> walls are<br />

solid (£rom 2 even to 7 feet in thickness), <strong>and</strong> well<br />

bnilt <strong>of</strong> stones, rough in <strong>the</strong> exterior, but plastered<br />

in <strong>the</strong> interior* <strong>The</strong> Synagogue is furnished with<br />

sufficient windows to admit light. ITie yo<strong>of</strong> is flat,<br />

<strong>the</strong> columns being sometimes connected by blocks<br />

<strong>of</strong> f^ne, on which massive rafters rest.<br />

Entering by <strong>the</strong> door at <strong>the</strong> sou<strong>the</strong>rn end, <strong>and</strong><br />

making <strong>the</strong> circuit 1o <strong>the</strong> north, we take our<br />

position in front <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> women's gallery. Those<br />

colonnades form <strong>the</strong> body <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Synagogue.* At<br />

<strong>the</strong> aouth end, facing north, is a movable ^ Ark,'<br />

containing <strong>the</strong> sacred rolls <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Law <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

Prophets. It is called <strong>the</strong> Holy Chest or Ark, Aran<br />

•SbtfiiK it« haqqpdesh (to call it simply ^ an'on *<br />

was sinful),* but chiefly <strong>the</strong> Tebhahj Ark.' It was<br />

made movable, so that it might be carried out, as<br />

on public fasts.^ Steps generally led up to it (<strong>the</strong><br />

Bwrga or SaphseC). In front hangs (this probably<br />

from an early period) <strong>the</strong> ViUm or curtain. But <strong>the</strong>

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