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

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put in requisition for this great feast: Leviathan (B.<br />

Bath. f5 a); Behemoth (Pirk6 d. B. Eliez. 11) ; <strong>the</strong><br />

gigantic bird Bar Jochani (B. Bath. 73 b; Bekhor.<br />

67 b, <strong>and</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r passages). Similarly, fabulous<br />

fatted geese are mentioned —probably for that<br />

feast (B. Bath. 73 b), Tbia wine <strong>the</strong>re dispensed<br />

had been kept in <strong>the</strong> grapes from <strong>the</strong> creation <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

world (Sanh. 99 a; Targum on Cant. viii. 2); while<br />

<strong>the</strong>re is difficulty as to who is worthy to return<br />

thanks, when at last <strong>the</strong> duty is undertaken by<br />

David, according to Ps. cxvi. 13 (Pes. 119 b),<br />

• All commentat'Ors regard this as a oontrast to <strong>the</strong><br />

light in <strong>the</strong> palace, but so tllr ai I know thQ<br />

M^oaianiQ feimt U DQt<br />

described as taking place in a palace.<br />

* <strong>The</strong> use <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> article makes it emphatic—as<br />

Bengel has it: In hoc vita dolor tumdum est dolor,<br />

* In Suoc. 52 a it is said that in <strong>the</strong> age to come<br />

(Athid labho) God would bring out <strong>the</strong> Yetser

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