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

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is ewpre$9ly to <strong>the</strong> flocks which pastured<br />

in Hhe wilderness' (ninaiD \i\ "hvO-<br />

But eren so, <strong>the</strong> statement, as so many o<strong>the</strong>rs <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

kind, is not accurate. For, in <strong>the</strong> Talmud two<br />

opinions are expressed. According to one, <strong>the</strong> *<br />

Midbariyoth,' or •animals <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> wilderness,' are<br />

those which go to <strong>the</strong> open at <strong>the</strong> Passover-time,<br />

<strong>and</strong> return at <strong>the</strong> first rains (about November);<br />

while, on <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r h<strong>and</strong>, Babbi maintains, <strong>and</strong>, as<br />

it seems, more fMitbcffitatively, that <strong>the</strong><br />

wildemeu-Jloeks<br />

remain in <strong>the</strong> open alike in <strong>the</strong> hottegt days <strong>and</strong> in<br />

<strong>the</strong> rainy ieamm—i^. all <strong>the</strong> year round (Bezah 40<br />

a). Comp. also Tosephta Besah iv. 6. A somewhat<br />

different explanation is given in Jer. Bezah 63 ».<br />

' <strong>The</strong>re is no adequate reason for questioning <strong>the</strong><br />

historical accuracy <strong>of</strong> this date. <strong>The</strong> objections<br />

generally made rest on grounds, which seem to me<br />

historically untenable. <strong>The</strong> subject has been fully

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