Aleph, the Chaldean; or, the Messiah as Seen from Alexandria

The Project Gutenberg eBook, Aleph, the Chaldean; or, the Messiah as Seen from Alexandria, by E. F. (Enoch Fitch) Burr
BY E. F. BURR, D.D., LL.D., AUTHOR OF “ECCE CŒLUM,” “PATER MUNDI,” ETC.
“ So forth we gat us from our home;
So we are here to-day:
Now tell us where this King to find,
Whose reign shall be alway. ”
—Anon.
NEW YORK: WILBUR B. KETCHAM, 2 Cooper Union.
Copyright, 1891, By Wilbur B. Ketcham.

Two facts, at least, should be remembered by the readers of this book.
1. It was not uncommon in the times of the Christ for Hebrew men, in imitation of Joseph and Moses and Boaz, to marry outside of their own people.