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

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e brought in <strong>the</strong> absence <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> mo<strong>the</strong>r. Similar<br />

mistakes prevail as to <strong>the</strong> rubric. It is not <strong>the</strong> case,<br />

as generally stated, that <strong>the</strong> woman was sprinkled<br />

with blood, <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong>n pronounced dean by <strong>the</strong><br />

priest, or that prayers were <strong>of</strong>fered on <strong>the</strong><br />

occasion.^ <strong>The</strong> service simply consisted <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

statutory sacrifice. This was what, in<br />

ecclesiastical language, was termed an <strong>of</strong>fering<br />

oleh veyaredj that is, ' ascending <strong>and</strong> descending,'<br />

according to <strong>the</strong> means <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>of</strong>ferer. <strong>The</strong> sin<strong>of</strong>fering<br />

was, in all cases, a turtle-dove or a young<br />

pigeon. But, while <strong>the</strong> more wealthy brought a<br />

lamb for a burnt-<strong>of</strong>fering, <strong>the</strong> poor might substitute<br />

for it a turtle-dove, or a young pigeon.*^ <strong>The</strong><br />

rubric directed that <strong>the</strong> neck <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> sin-<strong>of</strong>fering was<br />

to<br />

* <strong>The</strong> expresBion rw Ko/Bapur/tov ahr&p cannot<br />

refer to <strong>the</strong> Purification <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Virgin <strong>and</strong> her Babe<br />

(Farrar), nor to that <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Virgin <strong>and</strong> Joseph<br />

(Meyer), because nei<strong>the</strong>r <strong>the</strong> Babe nor Joseph

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