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A young man named Aleph and his older Greek companion travel down the Nile toward Alexandria, encountering Egyptian elders and vivid river scenes that prompt conversations about land tenure, cultural heritage, and the mingling of Greek, Roman, Egyptian, and Hebrew influences. Through travel episodes, historical description, and reflective dialogue, the narrative explores local customs, social freedoms for women under Roman influence, and varied expectations of a coming messianic figure as seen from an Alexandrian perspective. The work combines antiquarian detail with theological speculation and personal encounters to examine identity, tradition, and belief amid imperial change.

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

Author: E. F. Burr

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Aleph, The Chaldean;
OR,
THE MESSIAH AS SEEN FROM ALEXANDRIA.

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.

PREFACE.

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.

2. It is a great mistake to suppose that women in the Roman Empire of the First Century were secluded after the current oriental fashion. They had about as much freedom on most lines of social intercourse as women have among us. The New Testament shows this in regard to Palestine and such contiguous countries as appear in the Acts of the Apostles. But it was the same wherever the Roman authority and influence extended.

“Tradition was in favor of restriction, but by a concurrence of circumstances women had been liberated from the enslaving fetters of the old legal forms, and enjoyed freedom of intercourse in society; they walked and drove in the public thoroughfares with veils that did not conceal their faces; they dined in the company of men; they studied literature and philosophy; they took part in political movements; they were allowed to defend their own law cases if they liked; and they helped their husbands in the government of provinces and the writing of books.”

Lyme, Conn., U. S. A.

I.
DOWN THE NILE.