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  • And a little after, "There is a tradition, that she, being made a proselytess, was married to Joshua": which Kimchi also produceth in Joshua

    From the Talmud and Hebraica 1602-1675 1979

  • "A heathen woman, if she is made a proselytess, when she is now big with child, -- the child needs not baptism: for the baptism of his mother serves him for baptism."

    From the Talmud and Hebraica 1602-1675 1979

  • But we may, nevertheless, assert her, who is so baptized, for a complete proselytess; because that baptism of washing for uncleanness serves for proselytism to her; for a heathen woman is not baptized [or washed] for uncleanness. "

    From the Talmud and Hebraica 1602-1675 1979

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