The Life of the People in Biblical TimesJewish Publication Society of America, 1929 - 236 pages |
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... custom , although the making of gifts was exceedingly common . As in the case of other nations there were many customs , some religious and some sanitary , that were observed at a child's birth . The new born child was washed for ...
... custom , although the making of gifts was exceedingly common . As in the case of other nations there were many customs , some religious and some sanitary , that were observed at a child's birth . The new born child was washed for ...
Page 204
... customs or beliefs and no doubt they would gladly have disregarded them altogether . That they did not disregard them was due to the fact that stories which implied them had already become sacred , and further to the fact that some of ...
... customs or beliefs and no doubt they would gladly have disregarded them altogether . That they did not disregard them was due to the fact that stories which implied them had already become sacred , and further to the fact that some of ...
Page 213
... customs or beliefs and no doubt they would gladly have disregarded them altogether . That they did not disregard them was due to the fact that stories which implied them had already become sacred , and further to the fact that some of ...
... customs or beliefs and no doubt they would gladly have disregarded them altogether . That they did not disregard them was due to the fact that stories which implied them had already become sacred , and further to the fact that some of ...
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