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

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outdo <strong>the</strong>ir grosi licentiousness.* Yet, even so,<br />

<strong>the</strong>y would vainly endeavour to efbce <strong>the</strong> hateful<br />

mark <strong>of</strong> being Jews.<br />

Augustus had assigned to <strong>the</strong> Jews as <strong>the</strong>ir special<br />

quarter <strong>the</strong> * fourteenth region' across <strong>the</strong> Tiber,<br />

which stretched from <strong>the</strong> slope <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Vatican<br />

onwards <strong>and</strong> across <strong>the</strong> Tiber-isl<strong>and</strong>, where <strong>the</strong><br />

boats firom Ostia were wont to unload. This seems<br />

to have been <strong>the</strong>ir poor<br />

•lint. 141; quarter, chiefly inhabited by hawkers,<br />

sellers <strong>of</strong> matches,^ glass^ old clo<strong>the</strong>s, <strong>and</strong><br />

second-h<strong>and</strong> wares. <strong>The</strong> Jewish burying-ground in<br />

that quarter • gives evidence <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir condition. Tte<br />

wh

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