Origin and history of the books of the Bible, both the canonical and the apocryphal, designed to show what the Bible is not, what it is, and how to use it . ast one, James, became ofgreat importance in the first years of the developmentof Christianity, were his cousins-german. Mary, infact, had a sister, named also Mary, who married a cer-tain Alpheus or Cleophas (these two names seem todesignate one person), and was the mother of severalsons, who played a considerable part among the firstdisciples of Jesus. These cousins-german, who ad-hered to the young master while his true brothers op-pose
Origin and history of the books of the Bible, both the canonical and the apocryphal, designed to show what the Bible is not, what it is, and how to use it . ast one, James, became ofgreat importance in the first years of the developmentof Christianity, were his cousins-german. Mary, infact, had a sister, named also Mary, who married a cer-tain Alpheus or Cleophas (these two names seem todesignate one person), and was the mother of severalsons, who played a considerable part among the firstdisciples of Jesus. These cousins-german, who ad-hered to the young master while his true brothers op-posed him, took the name of brothers of the true brothers of Jesus were, as well as theirmother, of no importance till after his death. . .His sisters married at Nazareth, and there he passedthe years of his first youth. Nazareth was a smalltown . . the population at present is from threeto four thousand souls; and it can not have changedmuch. The cold there is keen in winter, and the cli-mate very healthy. The town, as at that epoch allthe smaller Jewish towns, was a collection of huts builtwithout style, and must have presented the dry and. SUBSTITUTES FOR THE GOSPEL HIST. 287 poor aspect which villages in the Semitic countriesstill offer. The houses, as far as appears, did not differmuch from those cubes of stone, without eleganceeither exterior or interior, which now cover the richerparts of the Libanus, and which, mingled with vinesand fig-trees, have still a very agreeable look. Thesurrounding country, on the other hand, is charming;and no spot in the world was so fitted for dreams ofabsolute happiness. Even in our days Nazareth is stilla delicious place of residence—the only spot, perhaps,in Palestine, where the soul feels itself somewhat re-lieved from the burden which oppresses it in the midstof desolation unequalled. The people are amiableand cheerful; the gardens are fresh and green. An-toninus Martyr, at the end of the sixth century, drewan enchanting picture
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