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AROUND THE WORLD.
upon the *' Birth, Life, and Marvels of Jesus Christ," in Music
Hall, Boston, Jan. IS, said, —
" The question of the real personal existence of the Man is settled for
me by the references to Jesus in the Talmud, where we learn that he was
with his teacher, Rabbi Joshua, in Egypt, and that he wrote a MS.
there which he brought into Palestine. This MS. was well known to
the rabbis ; and I doubt not it contained the kernel of his teachings,
fragments of which have floated down to us in the Gospels."
Aaron Knight, one of my spirit
teachers, assured me, several
years since, that from conversing with the apostolic
John, and other ancient spirits, he had learned that Jesus,
between the years of twelve and thirty, visited Assyria,
Egypt, and Persia, there studying spiritual science. In consonance
with this, " The London Human Nature " of 1872
(published by James Burns) has a picture (through the
artistic mediumship of Mr. Duguid) o/, and a communication
from^ the Persian spirit who on earth was the traveling companion
of Jesus during his pilgrimage into Persia and India.
The narration is thrillingly interesting.
While in Jerusalem, we visited a learned and venerable
rabbi, to ascertain what the Talmud said of Jesus. He
kindly read and translated for us, and also loaned us for the
day a portion of the translation. From tliis " Talmudic
pile " we gathered the facts that the dlishna, or repetition of
the law, relating to
governments, laws, customs, and events,
transpiring long before and after the Christian era, contained
the opinions of one hundred and thirty learned rabbis. The
compilation of this was finished in A. D. 190, and is
considered
by the Jews in all Oriental lands as divine. Certain
comments annexed to the Hebrew text of the Mishna constitute
the work known as the " Jerusalem Talmud." But
the Neziken of the Mishna in one of its seventy-four
sections (Order IV. chap. 10) while treating of the Sanhedrim,
or great Senate and House of Judgment at Jerusalem,
makes special mention of Jesus of Nazareth, — his "indifference
to the law of Moses," his " pretended miracles," his