Peasant life in the Holy Land . t to see a strong middle-aged man gracefullystoop and raise his old white-haired fathers handto his lips. A wife will also greet her husbandin this way if he has been away several , in Palestine it would be considered highlyimproper for a man to kiss his wife before others,or a brother a sister, as is done in Europe. Amongthe Christians a priest will kiss his Bishops hand,and the laity will kiss the right hand of a when inquiring after a child the father ormother will say, He kisses your hand. I have no doubt in my own mind but that itwas
Peasant life in the Holy Land . t to see a strong middle-aged man gracefullystoop and raise his old white-haired fathers handto his lips. A wife will also greet her husbandin this way if he has been away several , in Palestine it would be considered highlyimproper for a man to kiss his wife before others,or a brother a sister, as is done in Europe. Amongthe Christians a priest will kiss his Bishops hand,and the laity will kiss the right hand of a when inquiring after a child the father ormother will say, He kisses your hand. I have no doubt in my own mind but that itwas thus that the traitor Judas gi*eeted the Saviourin the Garden of Gethsemane (St. Matt. , 49). It would be a perfectly natural salutationto his Master on the part of a disciple who hadbeen some hours absent, and would therefore notexcite the suspicion of the other apostles, whileat the same time it would clearly indicate to thesoldiers the Prophet of Nazareth. On the otherhand, a kiss on the cheek, as Western pictures of. o ?7: o s H<! &q 03
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