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

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<strong>the</strong>ir substance. Among <strong>the</strong>m three are specially<br />

named. * Mary, called Magdalene/ had<br />

MAQDALA AND THE MAQDALENR<br />

671<br />

reoeived from Him special benefit <strong>of</strong> healing to<br />

body <strong>and</strong> sonl.^ Her OHAP. designation as<br />

Magdalene was probably derived from her native<br />

city, xxn Magdala,* jnst as several Rabbis are<br />

spoken <strong>of</strong> in <strong>the</strong> Talmud as ' ' ' ' Magdalene'<br />

(Magdeldohj or Magdelaya *). Magdala, which<br />

was a Sabbath-day's journey from Tiberias,* was<br />

celebrated for its dye- •jer.xmb. works,* <strong>and</strong> its<br />

manufactories <strong>of</strong> fine woollen textures, <strong>of</strong> which<br />

TJ^"^,^ eighty are mentioned.® Indeed, all that<br />

district seems to have been • jer.Taaa. engaged in<br />

this industry.^ It was also reputed for its trafiBc in<br />

£)m^^" turtle-doves <strong>and</strong> pigeons for purifications<br />

—^tradition, with its usual *^*^ exaggeration <strong>of</strong><br />

numbers, mentioning three hundred such shops.^<br />

^lodr.on Accordingly, its wealth was very great,

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