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

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V ' This is <strong>the</strong> general view <strong>of</strong> antiquity. '<br />

Reference to this nnion <strong>of</strong> Levi <strong>and</strong> Judah in <strong>the</strong><br />

<strong>Messiah</strong> is made in <strong>the</strong> Test* zii. Patriarch., Test.<br />

Simeonis vii. (apud Fdhr. Cod. Pseudepigr. vol. iL<br />

p. 542). Curiously, <strong>the</strong> great Hillel was also said<br />

by some to have descended, through his fa<strong>the</strong>r <strong>and</strong><br />

mo<strong>the</strong>r, from <strong>the</strong> tri&s <strong>of</strong> Judah <strong>and</strong> Levi—all,<br />

however, asserting his Davidic origin (comp. Jer.<br />

Taan. iv. 2; Ber. R. 98 <strong>and</strong> 33).<br />

• Comp. Maivwnides^ Yad haChaz. Hil. 8anh. ii.<br />

<strong>The</strong> inference would, <strong>of</strong> course, be <strong>the</strong> same,<br />

whe<strong>the</strong>r we suppose Mary'i mo<strong>the</strong>r to have been<br />

<strong>the</strong> si«ter-in-law, or <strong>the</strong> sister, <strong>of</strong> Elisabeth's<br />

fa<strong>the</strong>r.<br />

• Comp. * Sketches <strong>of</strong> Jewish Social <strong>Life</strong> in <strong>the</strong><br />

Days <strong>of</strong> Christ,* pp. 143-149. Also <strong>the</strong> article on *<br />

Marriage' in CasselVi Bible-Educator, vol. iv. pp.<br />

267-270.<br />

1* <strong>The</strong>re was a third mode, by cohabitation ; but<br />

this was highly disapproved <strong>of</strong> even by <strong>the</strong> Babbii.

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