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

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population <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> country (one million in<br />

7,800,000) was Jewish. Whe<strong>the</strong>r or not a Jewish<br />

colony had gone into Egypt at <strong>the</strong> time <strong>of</strong><br />

Nebuchadnezasar, or even r, <strong>the</strong> great mass <strong>of</strong> its<br />

residents had heea attracted by Alex<strong>and</strong>ef<br />

ihe Great,^ who had granted <strong>the</strong> Jews equally<br />

exceptional privileges )J^q^^ with <strong>the</strong><br />

Macedonians. <strong>The</strong> later troubles <strong>of</strong> Palestine under<br />

<strong>the</strong> ▼•P;^^)^<br />

MoribM ibl(<br />

Syrian kings greatly swelled <strong>the</strong>ir number, <strong>the</strong><br />

more so that <strong>the</strong> S^*'^. Ptolemies, with one<br />

exception, &voured <strong>the</strong>m. Originally a special<br />

quarter had been assigned to <strong>the</strong> Jews in <strong>the</strong> city—<br />

<strong>the</strong> ^ Delta' by <strong>the</strong> eastern harbour <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> Canobus<br />

canal—probaUy alike to keep th» community<br />

separate, <strong>and</strong> from its convenience for conmiercial<br />

purposes. <strong>The</strong> privileges which <strong>the</strong> Ptolemies had<br />

accorded to <strong>the</strong> Jews were coniirmed, <strong>and</strong> even<br />

enlarged, by Julius Cd9sar. <strong>The</strong> export trade in

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