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

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BOOK to <strong>the</strong> qaestion submitted by Herod. As<br />

shown by <strong>the</strong> rendering <strong>of</strong><br />

n <strong>the</strong> Twrgum Jonathan, <strong>the</strong> prediction in Micah v.<br />

2 was at <strong>the</strong> time<br />

* ' universally understood as pointing to<br />

Bethlehem, as <strong>the</strong> birthplace<br />

<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Messiah</strong>. That such was <strong>the</strong> general<br />

expectation, appears<br />

•Jer.Ber. from <strong>the</strong> Talmud/ where, in an imaginary<br />

conversation between an Ajrab <strong>and</strong> a Jew,<br />

Bethlehem is authoritatively named as <strong>Messiah</strong>'s<br />

birthplace. St. Mat<strong>the</strong>w reproduces <strong>the</strong> prophetic<br />

utterance <strong>of</strong> Micah, exactly as such quotations<br />

were popularly made at that time. It will be<br />

remembered that, Hebrew being a dead language<br />

so &r as <strong>the</strong> people were concerned, <strong>the</strong> Holy<br />

Scriptures were always translated into <strong>the</strong> popular<br />

dialect, <strong>the</strong> person so doing being designated<br />

Meffiurgemcm (dragomcm) or interpreter. <strong>The</strong>se

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