Peasant life in the Holy Land . o ?7: o s H<! &q 03. Z KISSING 273 our Blessed Lords betrayal always represent it,though used in Palestine, would only be givenby very dear friends or near relatives after aprolonged absence. To kiss the feet is a rare, though not unknown,greeting, and indicates the lowest depths of humilia-tion, the most earnest entreaty, or the deepestgratitude. Occasionally persons wiU actuallythrow themselves on the ground at the feet ofhim whom they thus entreat, but more often theywill kiss their own fingers and then try to touchthe feet of the other. This latter mode o
Peasant life in the Holy Land . o ?7: o s H<! &q 03. Z KISSING 273 our Blessed Lords betrayal always represent it,though used in Palestine, would only be givenby very dear friends or near relatives after aprolonged absence. To kiss the feet is a rare, though not unknown,greeting, and indicates the lowest depths of humilia-tion, the most earnest entreaty, or the deepestgratitude. Occasionally persons wiU actuallythrow themselves on the ground at the feet ofhim whom they thus entreat, but more often theywill kiss their own fingers and then try to touchthe feet of the other. This latter mode of saluta-tion is a common one, and is alluded to as an actof worship in Job xxxi. 27. To kiss the beard (either actually, or by touch-ing it with the right hand, as mentioned just above)is also a token of great respect or of humblesupplication. Several times have persons whowanted some special favour from me tried to thusshow their respect. This, too, seems to me theexplanation of the action of Joab mentioned in2 Sam. XX. 9—viz., that he touched or
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