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Christian Researches in the Mediterranean, From Mdcccxv to Mdcccxx, in Furtherance of the Objects of the Church Missionary Society
Christian Researches in the Mediterranean From Mdcccxv to Mdcccxx in Furtherance of the Objects of the Church Missionary Society Author:William Jowett General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1822 Original Publisher: Printed by R. Watts Subjects: Missions Middle East History / Middle East / General Religion / Christian Ministry / Missions Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing t... more »ext. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: THEIR STATE AND OPINIONS. The Author is, not able to enter much into this subject. He is not willing, however, to withhold such information as it may be in his power to afford. At Malta, a Jew, a Native of Algiers, stated various things concerning his Nation. There are many Schools among the Jews in the Barbary States. Wherever there are ten Jews, they may form a Synagogue, even in a room; but, to a smaller number, they may not bring out the Law, and shew it to the Congregation on the usual days. He had been told, that the Jews dispersed in the interior of Asia, about Persia and those Countries, are enemies to the traditions, and believe only the Commandments; and that there are multitudes of this persuasion. Turning over the Jewish Prayer- Book, I pointed out the Service for the Burial of the Dead, and asked on what they grounded prayers for the dead, and whether they acknowledged a Purgatory: No, he said: there were but two places, Heaven and Hell; but the very best men needed purifying after death; therefore, at the first, all go to Hell; none for less than eleven months, some for a longer period; how long, no one knows : for eleven months, therefore, after a person's decease, this Office is used : particular friends use it longer. Describing certain ignorant Jews as being beneath the notice of persons of liberal education, I asked, where the liberal Jews of whom he spoke were to be found : At Leghorn and Trieste, he said ; but I discovered that this li...« less