The Syrian ChristHoughton Mifflin, 1916 - 425 pages |
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... custom that those strangers , the three " Wise Men " and Magi of the Far East , were permitted to come in and see the little Galilean family , while the mother was yet in childbed . So runs the Gospel narrative : “ And when they were ...
... custom that those strangers , the three " Wise Men " and Magi of the Far East , were permitted to come in and see the little Galilean family , while the mother was yet in childbed . So runs the Gospel narrative : “ And when they were ...
Page 28
... custom , in ear- liest infancy a child is not really clothed , it is only swaddled . Upon birth the infant is washed in tepid water by the midwife , then salted , or rubbed gently with salt pulverized in a stone mortar especially for ...
... custom , in ear- liest infancy a child is not really clothed , it is only swaddled . Upon birth the infant is washed in tepid water by the midwife , then salted , or rubbed gently with salt pulverized in a stone mortar especially for ...
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... by the Wise Men and the shepherds in the wondrous story of the Nativity . And in describing such Oriental customs it may be significant to point out that , in certain localities in Syria , to say to a person that [ 29 ] BIRTH OF A MAN ...
... by the Wise Men and the shepherds in the wondrous story of the Nativity . And in describing such Oriental customs it may be significant to point out that , in certain localities in Syria , to say to a person that [ 29 ] BIRTH OF A MAN ...
Page 49
... customs of the Syrians while on religious pilgrimages knows also that the experience of the " holy family " was not at all a strange one . The whole mystery is cleared up in the saying , " And they sought him among their kinsfolk and ...
... customs of the Syrians while on religious pilgrimages knows also that the experience of the " holy family " was not at all a strange one . The whole mystery is cleared up in the saying , " And they sought him among their kinsfolk and ...
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... customs on such oc- casions each of the few large dishes contains a different kind of food . Each one of the guests is privileged to reach to and dip his bread in it . any one of the dishes From this it may be 1 Revised Version , XIV ...
... customs on such oc- casions each of the few large dishes contains a different kind of food . Each one of the guests is privileged to reach to and dip his bread in it . any one of the dishes From this it may be 1 Revised Version , XIV ...
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Abraham American ancient Anglo-Saxon Arabic behold Bible blessed Book Book of Acts Book of Judges Book of Kings Book of Proverbs bread and salt camel chapter of St child Christ Christians church clan command disciples divine door drink East enemies faith father fear feast feet flock friends give guest hand hated hath hatred heart heaven holy host housetop husband Israel Israelites Jerusalem Jesus journey Last Supper living loaves Lord Luke Master Matt means Midianites mother Mount Lebanon ness never night occasions Occidental Oriental speech Oriental's parable parents passage prayer prophet Psalm rendering Revised Version sacred salutation say unto Scriptural servant sheep shepherd simple social soul speak spiritual star swear Syrian tares Testament thee things thou shalt thought threshing threshing-board tion twenty-third Psalm verse West Western wheat wife wine woman women word writer Yusuf zeara