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The poetry, the law and the history of the Greeks and Eomans abound in allusions to the power of altars, temples and other sacred places to protect from violence or molestation the persons who fled to them for refuge. In the Israelitic literature,1 however, we find a thoroughly elaborated law of asylum so complete and minute as to challenge immediate attention. This law appoints the place of asylum, decides who shall have a right to its protection, and prescribes the method of its administration. In its completeness and in the wisdom of its provisions, the Israelitic law of asylum is unique. This peculiarity suggests a comparative historical study. Of this comparison I find very little in any treatise on the subject. This is not surprising, considering the circumstances of time and aim under which the discussions of this topic have been written. The treatment of Greek or Jewish antiquities is independent of such comparison, demanding only a presentation of the facts in each case as they stand by themselves. The Jewish writers, and earlier Christian authors following in their steps, confined themselves to the arrangement and elaboration of the Biblical material, or added to it from the stores of the Talmud, or based their discussion upon allegorical and mystical interpretations. At 1N um. xxxv. Deut. xix. 113. Josh.
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