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

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Prophets,* <strong>the</strong> so-called Hwphtarah? <strong>The</strong> origin <strong>of</strong><br />

this practice is not known, although it ii one that<br />

must evidently have met a requirement on <strong>the</strong> part<br />

<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> worshipperst Certain it is, that <strong>the</strong> present<br />

leotionatj ficom <strong>the</strong> Prophets did not exist in early<br />

times; nor does it seem unlikely that <strong>the</strong> choice <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong> passage was left to <strong>the</strong> reader himself. At any •<br />

Megui. ir. rate, as regarded <strong>the</strong> ordinary Sabbath<br />

days,* we are told that a reader might omit one or<br />

more verses, provided <strong>the</strong>re was no break. As <strong>the</strong><br />

Hebrew was not generally understood, <strong>the</strong><br />

Methurgeman, or Interpreter, stood by <strong>the</strong> side <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong> reader,' <strong>and</strong> translated into <strong>the</strong> Aramaasn verse<br />

by verse, <strong>and</strong> in <strong>the</strong> section from <strong>the</strong> Prophets, or<br />

Haphiaraky<br />

'Oomp. 1 Oor. zir. 17, S8<br />

' This division seems to have originated la<br />

BabjkMi. Oomp. Jfluu, Ootteid. Vortr. pp. 3, 4.<br />

< Oomp. Dutehah, Gesch. des jud. Coitus, pp. 261-<br />

268.

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