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

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modified form, to have funeral orations at <strong>the</strong><br />

grave. For, even if charity provided for an<br />

unknown wayfarer <strong>the</strong> simplest frmeral, mourningwomen<br />

would be hired to chaunt in weird strains<br />

<strong>the</strong> lament: ' Alas, <strong>the</strong> lion! alas, <strong>the</strong> hero!' or<br />

similar words,^ while great Rabbis were wont to<br />

bespeak for <strong>the</strong>mselves ' a * mmi. warm frmeral<br />

oration' (Hesped, or Heipedci)? For, from <strong>the</strong><br />

funeral ^*°*^*** oration a man's fate in <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r<br />

world micrht be inferred; * <strong>and</strong>, • simbb.<br />

15S a<br />

indeed, *<strong>the</strong> honour <strong>of</strong> a sage was in his frmeral<br />

oration.*' And in rnoedK. this sense <strong>the</strong> Talmud<br />

answers <strong>the</strong> question, whe<strong>the</strong>r a funeral oration ^' \<br />

is intended to honour <strong>the</strong> survivors or <strong>the</strong> dead.*<br />

»8Mlh.4«^<br />

end<br />

But in aU this painfrd pageantry <strong>the</strong>re was nothing<br />

for <strong>the</strong> heart <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> widow, bereft <strong>of</strong> her only child.

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