Joseph’s Age and Mary’s Youth in Christian Apocrypha: A Case Study in Double Standards

đ‰đšđŹđžđ©đĄâ€™đŹ 𝐀𝐠𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 đŒđšđ«đČ’𝐬 𝐘𝐹𝐼𝐭𝐡 𝐱𝐧 đ‚đĄđ«đąđŹđ­đąđšđ§ đ€đ©đšđœđ«đČđ©đĄđš: 𝐀 𝐂𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐼𝐝đČ 𝐱𝐧 đƒđšđźđ›đ„đž đ’đ­đšđ§đđšđ«đđŹ


Mohamad Mostafa Nassar

Twitter:@NassarMohamadMR

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𝐓𝐡𝐱𝐬 đšđ«đ­đąđœđ„đž đžđ±đšđŠđąđ§đžđŹ đšđ©đšđœđ«đČđ©đĄđšđ„ đ‚đĄđ«đąđŹđ­đąđšđ§ đŹđšđźđ«đœđžđŹ 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 đ©đšđ«đ­đ«đšđČ đ‰đšđŹđžđ©đĄ 𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐹𝐼𝐭 𝐧𝐱𝐧𝐞𝐭đČ đČđžđšđ«đŹ đšđ„đ 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 đžđ§đ­đ«đźđŹđ­đžđ 𝐰𝐱𝐭𝐡 đŒđšđ«đČ, 𝐰𝐡𝐹 𝐰𝐚𝐬 đ­đ°đžđ„đŻđž 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐱𝐩𝐞 𝐹𝐟 đĄđžđ« đ›đžđ­đ«đšđ­đĄđšđ„ 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐹𝐹𝐧 đšđŸđ­đžđ« 𝐟𝐹𝐼𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐹 𝐛𝐞 đ©đ«đžđ đ§đšđ§đ­ 𝐛đČ 𝐝𝐱𝐯𝐱𝐧𝐞 đąđ§đ­đžđ«đŻđžđ§đ­đąđšđ§. đ€đ„đ­đĄđšđźđ đĄ 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐹𝐼𝐧𝐭𝐬 đšđ«đž đšđ©đšđœđ«đČđ©đĄđšđ„ đ«đšđ­đĄđžđ« 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 đœđšđ§đšđ§đąđœđšđ„, 𝐭𝐡𝐞đČ đŸđšđ«đŠđžđ 𝐚 đ°đąđđžđ„đČ đœđąđ«đœđźđ„đšđ­đžđ đ‚đĄđ«đąđŹđ­đąđšđ§ đ­đ«đšđđąđ­đąđšđ§ 𝐚𝐧𝐝 đ°đžđ«đž 𝐹𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐼𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐛đČ đ‚đĄđźđ«đœđĄ đ…đšđ­đĄđžđ«đŹ 𝐭𝐹 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐧𝐝 đŒđšđ«đČ’𝐬 đ©đžđ«đ©đžđ­đźđšđ„ đŻđąđ«đ đąđ§đąđ­đČ.

đƒđ«đšđ°đąđ§đ  𝐹𝐧 đžđšđ«đ„đČ 𝐰𝐱𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬 (đŽđ«đąđ đžđ§, đ„đ©đąđ©đĄđšđ§đąđźđŹ, đ‰đžđ«đšđŠđž) 𝐚𝐧𝐝 đŠđšđđžđ«đ§ đŹđœđĄđšđ„đšđ«đŹđĄđąđ©, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đšđ«đ­đąđœđ„đž 𝐬𝐡𝐹𝐰𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 đ‚đĄđ«đąđŹđ­đąđšđ§đąđ­đČ đąđ­đŹđžđ„đŸ đœđšđ«đ«đąđžđŹ đ­đ«đšđđąđ­đąđšđ§đŹ 𝐹𝐟 đ‰đšđŹđžđ©đĄ 𝐛𝐞𝐱𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐛𝐹𝐼𝐭 𝟗𝟎 𝐚𝐧𝐝 đŒđšđ«đČ 𝐚𝐛𝐹𝐼𝐭 𝟏𝟐, đŠđšđ€đąđ§đ  𝐱𝐭 𝐱𝐧𝐜𝐹𝐧𝐬𝐱𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭 đŸđšđ« đ‚đĄđ«đąđŹđ­đąđšđ§ đ©đšđ„đžđŠđąđœđąđŹđ­đŹ 𝐭𝐹 đœđ«đąđ­đąđœđąđŹđž đˆđŹđ„đšđŠđąđœ đŹđšđźđ«đœđžđŹ đ°đĄđąđ„đž đąđ đ§đšđ«đąđ§đ  đ­đĄđžđąđ« 𝐹𝐰𝐧.

đˆđ§đ­đ«đšđđźđœđ­đąđšđ§

đŒđąđŹđŹđąđšđ§đšđ«đČ đœđ«đąđ­đąđȘ𝐼𝐞𝐬 𝐹𝐟 đˆđŹđ„đšđŠ đŸđ«đžđȘđźđžđ§đ­đ„đČ đŸđąđ±đšđ­đž 𝐹𝐧 đČđšđźđ­đĄđŸđźđ„ đ›đžđ­đ«đšđ­đĄđšđ„đŹ 𝐱𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟕𝐭𝐡-đœđžđ§đ­đźđ«đČ đ‡đąđŁđšÌ„đł. 𝐘𝐞𝐭 đ‚đĄđ«đąđŹđ­đąđšđ§ đ­đ«đšđđąđ­đąđšđ§ (𝐹𝐼𝐭𝐬𝐱𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐓𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐭) đ©đ«đžđŹđžđ«đŻđžđŹ đ©đšđ«đšđ„đ„đžđ„ đšđ« 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 đŹđ­đ«đšđ§đ đžđ« đœđ„đšđąđŠđŹ 𝐚𝐛𝐹𝐼𝐭 đ‰đšđŹđžđ©đĄ 𝐚𝐧𝐝 đŒđšđ«đČ.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐰𝐹 đ€đžđČ đšđ©đšđœđ«đČđ©đĄđšđ„ đ­đžđ±đ­đŹ đšđ«đž:

(𝟏) 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đđ«đšđ­đšđžđŻđšđ§đ đžđ„đąđźđŠ 𝐹𝐟 𝐉𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐬 (𝟐𝐧𝐝 đœđžđ§đ­đźđ«đČ), 𝐰𝐡𝐱𝐜𝐡 đžđ±đ©đ„đąđœđąđ­đ„đČ 𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐬 đŒđšđ«đČ’𝐬 𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐚𝐭 đ­đ°đžđ„đŻđž 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đ©đ«đąđžđŹđ­đŹ đšđ«đ«đšđ§đ đž đĄđžđ« đ›đžđ­đ«đšđ­đĄđšđ„; 𝐚𝐧𝐝

(𝟐) 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đ‡đąđŹđ­đšđ«đČ 𝐹𝐟 đ‰đšđŹđžđ©đĄ 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đ‚đšđ«đ©đžđ§đ­đžđ« (𝟔𝐭𝐡/𝟕𝐭𝐡 đœđžđ§đ­đźđ«đČ), 𝐰𝐡𝐹𝐬𝐞 đąđ§đ­đžđ«đ§đšđ„ đœđĄđ«đšđ§đšđ„đšđ đČ đ©đ„đšđœđžđŹ đ‰đšđŹđžđ©đĄ 𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐛𝐹𝐼𝐭 𝐧𝐱𝐧𝐞𝐭đČ 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 đŒđšđ«đČ 𝐱𝐬 đžđ§đ­đ«đźđŹđ­đžđ 𝐭𝐹 𝐡𝐱𝐩 𝐚𝐧𝐝 đ«đžđœđšđ«đđŹ 𝐡𝐱𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐭 𝟏𝟏𝟏.

đđ«đąđŠđšđ«đČ đ’đšđźđ«đœđžđŹ 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐠𝐞 đ‚đ„đšđąđŠđŹ

𝟏) đŒđšđ«đČ’𝐬 𝐚𝐠𝐞 (đ­đ°đžđ„đŻđž)

𝐓𝐡𝐞 đđ«đšđ­đšđžđŻđšđ§đ đžđ„đąđźđŠ 𝐹𝐟 𝐉𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐬 𝟖:𝟐 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 đ©đ„đšđąđ§đ„đČ:

“𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 đ­đ°đžđ„đŻđž đČđžđšđ«đŹ đšđ„đ, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đ©đ«đąđžđŹđ­đŹ đĄđžđ„đ 𝐚 đœđšđźđ§đœđąđ„ 
 â€˜đđžđĄđšđ„đ, đŒđšđ«đČ 𝐡𝐚𝐬 đ«đžđšđœđĄđžđ 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐹𝐟 đ­đ°đžđ„đŻđž đČđžđšđ«đŹ 𝐱𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đ­đžđŠđ©đ„đž 𝐹𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đ‹đšđ«đ.’”

𝐓𝐡𝐱𝐬 đ­đžđ±đ­ 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐞 đŸđšđźđ§đđšđ­đąđšđ§đšđ„ đŸđšđ« đŒđšđ«đąđšđ§ 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐹𝐭𝐱𝐹𝐧, đąđ§đŸđ„đźđžđ§đœđąđ§đ  𝐛𝐹𝐭𝐡 đ„đąđ­đźđ«đ đČ 𝐚𝐧𝐝 đąđœđšđ§đšđ đ«đšđ©đĄđČ 𝐱𝐧 đ„đšđŹđ­đžđ«đ§ 𝐚𝐧𝐝 đ–đžđŹđ­đžđ«đ§ đ‚đĄđ«đąđŹđ­đąđšđ§đąđ­đČ.

𝟐) đ‰đšđŹđžđ©đĄâ€™đŹ 𝐚𝐠𝐞 (𝐚𝐛𝐹𝐼𝐭 𝐧𝐱𝐧𝐞𝐭đČ) 𝐛đČ đąđ§đ­đžđ«đ§đšđ„ đœđšđ„đœđźđ„đšđ­đąđšđ§

𝐓𝐡𝐞 đ‡đąđŹđ­đšđ«đČ 𝐹𝐟 đ‰đšđŹđžđ©đĄ 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đ‚đšđ«đ©đžđ§đ­đžđ« đ«đžđ©đšđ«đ­đŹ 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 đ‰đšđŹđžđ©đĄ đ„đąđŻđžđ đŸđšđ«đ­đČ đČđžđšđ«đŹ đźđ§đŠđšđ«đ«đąđžđ, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 đŸđšđ«đ­đČ-𝐧𝐱𝐧𝐞 đČđžđšđ«đŹ 𝐰𝐱𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐱𝐬 đŸđąđ«đŹđ­ 𝐰𝐱𝐟𝐞, 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐰𝐱𝐝𝐹𝐰𝐞𝐝, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐹𝐧𝐞 đČđžđšđ« đ„đšđ­đžđ« đŒđšđ«đČ 𝐰𝐚𝐬 đžđ§đ­đ«đźđŹđ­đžđ 𝐭𝐹 𝐡𝐱𝐩; đŒđšđ«đČ 𝐬𝐭𝐚đČ𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐰𝐹 đČđžđšđ«đŹ 𝐱𝐧 𝐡𝐱𝐬 𝐡𝐹𝐼𝐬𝐞 đ›đžđŸđšđ«đž 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐱𝐯𝐱𝐭đČ; đ‰đšđŹđžđ©đĄ 𝐝𝐱𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝟏𝟏𝟏. 𝐀𝐝𝐝𝐱𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đąđ§đ­đžđ«đŻđšđ„đŹ (𝟒𝟎 + 𝟒𝟗 + 𝟏) 𝐠𝐱𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐹𝐼𝐭 𝐧𝐱𝐧𝐞𝐭đČ 𝐚𝐭 đŒđšđ«đČ’𝐬 đžđ§đ­đ«đźđŹđ­đŠđžđ§đ­, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐛𝐹𝐼𝐭 𝐧𝐱𝐧𝐞𝐭đČ-𝐭𝐰𝐹 𝐚𝐭 𝐉𝐞𝐬𝐼𝐬’ đ›đąđ«đ­đĄ. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 đ­đžđ±đ­ đ«đžđ©đžđšđ­đžđđ„đČ đŹđ­đ«đžđŹđŹđžđŹ 𝐡𝐱𝐬 đšđ„đ 𝐚𝐠𝐞.

𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đ‚đšđ­đĄđšđ„đąđœ 𝐄𝐧𝐜đČđœđ„đšđ©đžđđąđš đšđœđ€đ§đšđ°đ„đžđđ đžđŹ 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đ’đ­đšđ«đČ 𝐹𝐟 đ‰đšđŹđžđ©đĄ 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐭. đ„đ©đąđ©đĄđšđ§đąđźđŹ 𝐚𝐬 𝐰𝐱𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐹 𝐭𝐡𝐱𝐬 â€œđ«đąđ©đž đšđ„đ 𝐚𝐠𝐞” đ­đ«đšđđąđ­đąđšđ§â€”đ°đĄđąđ„đž 𝐣𝐼𝐝𝐠𝐱𝐧𝐠 𝐱𝐭 đĄđąđŹđ­đšđ«đąđœđšđ„đ„đČ đźđ§đ„đąđ€đžđ„đČ—𝐭𝐡𝐼𝐬 đœđšđ§đŸđąđ«đŠđąđ§đ  𝐱𝐭𝐬 đœđąđ«đœđźđ„đšđ­đąđšđ§ 𝐰𝐱𝐭𝐡𝐱𝐧 đ‚đĄđ«đąđŹđ­đąđšđ§ đ­đ«đšđđąđ­đąđšđ§ (đ‚đšđ­đĄđšđ„đąđœ 𝐄𝐧𝐜đČđœđ„đšđ©đžđđąđš, 𝐧.𝐝.).

(đ‚đšđ­đĄđšđ„đąđœ 𝐄𝐧𝐜đČđœđ„đšđ©đžđđąđš, 𝐧.𝐝.)

đ„đšđ«đ„đČ đ‚đĄđ«đąđŹđ­đąđšđ§ 𝐒𝐚𝐱𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐖𝐡𝐹 đ‹đžđŻđžđ«đšđ đžđ 𝐭𝐡𝐞 â€œđ„đ„đđžđ«đ„đČ đ‰đšđŹđžđ©đĄâ€ 𝐌𝐹𝐭𝐱𝐟

đŽđ«đąđ đžđ§ (𝐝. 𝐜. 𝟐𝟓𝟑)

𝐈𝐧 đ‚đšđŠđŠđžđ§đ­đšđ«đČ 𝐹𝐧 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐰 𝟏𝟎.𝟏𝟕, đŽđ«đąđ đžđ§ 𝐜𝐱𝐭𝐞𝐬 đ­đ«đšđđąđ­đąđšđ§ đŸđ«đšđŠ 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đ†đšđŹđ©đžđ„ 𝐹𝐟 đđžđ­đžđ« 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đđ«đšđ­đšđžđŻđšđ§đ đžđ„đąđźđŠ 𝐹𝐟 𝐉𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐉𝐞𝐬𝐼𝐬’ â€œđ›đ«đšđ­đĄđžđ«đŹâ€ đ°đžđ«đž 𝐬𝐹𝐧𝐬 𝐹𝐟 đ‰đšđŹđžđ©đĄ 𝐛đČ 𝐚 đŸđšđ«đŠđžđ« 𝐰𝐱𝐟𝐞—𝐚 đŸđ«đšđŠđžđ°đšđ«đ€ 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 đ©đ«đžđŹđźđ©đ©đšđŹđžđŹ 𝐚𝐧 đšđ„đđžđ« đ°đąđđšđ°đžđ« đ‰đšđŹđžđ©đĄ.

đ„đ©đąđ©đĄđšđ§đąđźđŹ 𝐹𝐟 đ’đšđ„đšđŠđąđŹ (𝐝. 𝟒𝟎𝟑)

𝐈𝐧 đđšđ§đšđ«đąđšđ§ 𝟕𝟖 (𝐀𝐠𝐚𝐱𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đ€đ§đ­đąđđąđœđšđŠđšđ«đąđšđ§đąđ­đžđŹ), đ„đ©đąđ©đĄđšđ§đąđźđŹ 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 đŒđšđ«đČ’𝐬 đ©đžđ«đ©đžđ­đźđšđ„ đŻđąđ«đ đąđ§đąđ­đČ 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 â€œđ›đ«đšđ­đĄđžđ«đŹâ€ đ°đžđ«đž đ‰đšđŹđžđ©đĄâ€™đŹ đœđĄđąđ„đđ«đžđ§ đŸđ«đšđŠ 𝐚 đ©đ«đžđŻđąđšđźđŹ đŠđšđ«đ«đąđšđ đž; 𝐹𝐧𝐞 đŹđ­đ«đšđ§đ 𝐹𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐱𝐬 đ­đ«đšđđąđ­đąđšđ§ 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐚đČ𝐬 đ‰đšđŹđžđ©đĄ đ­đšđšđ€ đŒđšđ«đČ 𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐠𝐞 (𝐬𝐹𝐩𝐞 đ«đžđ©đšđ«đ­đŹ đŹđ©đžđœđąđŸđČ 𝐞𝐱𝐠𝐡𝐭đČ).

đ‰đžđ«đšđŠđž (𝐝. 𝟒𝟐𝟎)

𝐈𝐧 𝐀𝐠𝐚𝐱𝐧𝐬𝐭 đ‡đžđ„đŻđąđđąđźđŹ (𝟑𝟖𝟑), đ‰đžđ«đšđŠđž 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 đŒđšđ«đČ’𝐬 đ©đžđ«đ©đžđ­đźđšđ„ đŻđąđ«đ đąđ§đąđ­đČ. đ–đĄđąđ„đž 𝐡𝐱𝐬 đŸđąđ§đšđ„ đŹđšđ„đźđ­đąđšđ§ đ©đ«đžđŸđžđ«đŹ â€œđ›đ«đšđ­đĄđžđ«đŹâ€ = 𝐜𝐹𝐼𝐬𝐱𝐧𝐬, 𝐡𝐞 đšđœđ€đ§đšđ°đ„đžđđ đžđŹ 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đ„đšđ§đ -𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐱𝐧𝐠 đšđ„đ­đžđ«đ§đšđ­đąđŻđž 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞đČ đ°đžđ«đž đ‰đšđŹđžđ©đĄâ€™đŹ đœđĄđąđ„đđ«đžđ§ đŸđ«đšđŠ 𝐚 đ©đ«đžđŻđąđšđźđŹ đŠđšđ«đ«đąđšđ đžâ€”đšđ đšđąđ§ đ©đ«đžđŹđžđ«đŻđąđ§đ  𝐭𝐡𝐞 đžđ„đđžđ«đ„đČ đ°đąđđšđ°đžđ« 𝐩𝐹𝐭𝐱𝐟 𝐱𝐧 đŠđšđąđ§đŹđ­đ«đžđšđŠ đ©đšđ­đ«đąđŹđ­đąđœ 𝐝𝐞𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐞.

đŒđšđđžđ«đ§ đ’đœđĄđšđ„đšđ«đ„đČ đ‚đšđ«đ«đšđ›đšđ«đšđ­đąđšđ§ 𝐚𝐧𝐝 đ‚đšđ§đ­đžđ±đ­

đŒđšđđžđ«đ§ đ›đąđ›đ„đąđœđšđ„ đŹđœđĄđšđ„đšđ«đŹ đœđšđ«đ«đšđ›đšđ«đšđ­đž 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐱đȘ𝐼𝐱𝐭đČ 𝐚𝐧𝐝 đ©đźđ«đ©đšđŹđž 𝐹𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 đ­đ«đšđđąđ­đąđšđ§đŹ:

‱ đđšđ«đ­ 𝐃. đ„đĄđ«đŠđšđ§ 𝐚𝐧𝐝 đ™đ„đšđ­đ€đš đđ„đžđŹÌŒđž 𝐬𝐱𝐭𝐼𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đ‡đąđŹđ­đšđ«đČ 𝐹𝐟 đ‰đšđŹđžđ©đĄ 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đ‚đšđ«đ©đžđ§đ­đžđ« 𝐱𝐧 𝐁đČ𝐳𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐱𝐧𝐞 𝐄𝐠đČđ©đ­, đ„đšđ­đž 𝟔𝐭𝐡/đžđšđ«đ„đČ 𝟕𝐭𝐡 đœđžđ§đ­đźđ«đČ, 𝐧𝐹𝐭𝐱𝐧𝐠 𝐱𝐭𝐬 đŒđšđ«đąđšđ§ đ­đĄđžđšđ„đšđ đąđœđšđ„ đ©đźđ«đ©đšđŹđž.

‱ 𝐉. 𝐊. đ„đ„đ„đąđšđ­đ­ đ©đ«đšđŻđąđđžđŹ đ„đ§đ đ„đąđŹđĄ đ­đ«đšđ§đŹđ„đšđ­đąđšđ§đŹ 𝐹𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đšđ©đšđœđ«đČđ©đĄđšđ„ đœđšđ«đ©đźđŹ, 𝐝𝐹𝐜𝐼𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐱𝐧𝐠 đ­đĄđžđąđ« đœđąđ«đœđźđ„đšđ­đąđšđ§.

‱ 𝐉. 𝐁. 𝐋𝐱𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐟𝐹𝐹𝐭, 𝐱𝐧 𝐡𝐱𝐬 đœđ„đšđŹđŹđąđœ 𝐬𝐭𝐼𝐝đČ 𝐓𝐡𝐞 đđ«đžđ­đĄđ«đžđ§ 𝐹𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đ‹đšđ«đ, đŠđšđ©đŹ 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đ­đĄđ«đžđž đĄđąđŹđ­đšđ«đąđœ đžđ±đ©đ„đšđ§đšđ­đąđšđ§đŹ 𝐹𝐟 𝐉𝐞𝐬𝐼𝐬’ đ›đ«đšđ­đĄđžđ«đŹ, 𝐬𝐡𝐹𝐰𝐱𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐱đȘ𝐼𝐱𝐭đČ 𝐹𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 â€œđšđ„đ đ‰đšđŹđžđ©đĄâ€ đ«đžđšđđąđ§đ .

‱ 𝐑𝐚đČ𝐩𝐹𝐧𝐝 𝐄. đđ«đšđ°đ§ đšđ§đšđ„đČ𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐹𝐰 𝐱𝐧𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐜đČ đ­đ«đšđđąđ­đąđšđ§đŹ đŹđĄđšđ©đžđ đžđšđ«đ„đČ đ‚đĄđ«đąđŹđ­đąđšđ§ 𝐱𝐩𝐚𝐠𝐱𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐱𝐹𝐧, đŹđ­đ«đžđŹđŹđąđ§đ  đ­đĄđžđąđ« đ­đĄđžđšđ„đšđ đąđœđšđ„ 𝐟𝐼𝐧𝐜𝐭𝐱𝐹𝐧.

‱ đ‘đąđœđĄđšđ«đ đđšđźđœđ€đĄđšđŠâ€™đŹ đ°đšđ«đ€ 𝐹𝐧 𝐉𝐞𝐬𝐼𝐬’ đ«đžđ„đšđ­đąđŻđžđŹ đŹđźđ«đŻđžđČ𝐬 đ©đšđ­đ«đąđŹđ­đąđœ 𝐞𝐯𝐱𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 (đđšđ©đąđšđŹ, đ‡đžđ đžđŹđąđ©đ©đźđŹ) 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐹𝐰𝐬 𝐡𝐹𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 đ­đ«đšđđąđ­đąđšđ§đŹ đąđ§đŸđšđ«đŠđžđ 𝐝𝐞𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐹𝐼𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đšđđžđ„đ©đĄđšđą.

𝐖𝐡đČ 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 đ“đ«đšđđąđ­đąđšđ§đŹ đ€đ«đšđŹđž: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 đ“đĄđžđšđ„đšđ đąđœđšđ„ 𝐅𝐼𝐧𝐜𝐭𝐱𝐹𝐧

𝐓𝐡𝐞 đžđ„đđžđ«đ„đČ-đ‰đšđŹđžđ©đĄ 𝐩𝐹𝐭𝐱𝐟 𝐱𝐬 𝐧𝐹𝐭 đ«đšđ§đđšđŠ đŸđšđ„đ€đ„đšđ«đž. 𝐈𝐭 đŹđžđ«đŻđžđŹ đŒđšđ«đąđšđ§ đđšđœđ­đ«đąđ§đž: 𝐱𝐟 đ‰đšđŹđžđ©đĄ 𝐱𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐝 đ°đąđđšđ°đžđ« 𝐰𝐱𝐭𝐡 đœđĄđąđ„đđ«đžđ§, đŒđšđ«đČ’𝐬 đŻđąđ«đ đąđ§đąđ­đČ 𝐱𝐬 đŹđšđŸđžđ đźđšđ«đđžđ, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đ†đšđŹđ©đžđ„ đ«đžđŸđžđ«đžđ§đœđžđŹ 𝐭𝐹 𝐉𝐞𝐬𝐼𝐬’ đšđđžđ„đ©đĄđšđą đšđ«đž đĄđšđ«đŠđšđ§đąđŹđžđ 𝐚𝐬 đ‰đšđŹđžđ©đĄâ€™đŹ đšđ„đđžđ« đœđĄđąđ„đđ«đžđ§. 𝐓𝐡𝐱𝐬 𝐱𝐬 đžđ±đšđœđ­đ„đČ 𝐡𝐹𝐰 đ„đ©đąđ©đĄđšđ§đąđźđŹ đđžđ©đ„đšđČ𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đ­đ«đšđđąđ­đąđšđ§, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡đČ đŽđ«đąđ đžđ§ 𝐜𝐱𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đđ«đšđ­đšđžđŻđšđ§đ đžđ„đąđźđŠ.

đˆđŠđ©đ„đąđœđšđ­đąđšđ§đŹ đŸđšđ« đˆđ§đ­đžđ«đŸđšđąđ­đĄ đđšđ„đžđŠđąđœđŹ

𝐆𝐱𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐹𝐯𝐞, 𝐱𝐭 𝐱𝐬 đĄđąđŹđ­đšđ«đąđœđšđ„đ„đČ 𝐱𝐧𝐜𝐹𝐧𝐬𝐱𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭 đŸđšđ« đ‚đĄđ«đąđŹđ­đąđšđ§ đ©đšđ„đžđŠđąđœđąđŹđ­đŹ 𝐭𝐹 đšđŹđŹđšđąđ„ đˆđŹđ„đšđŠâ€™đŹ đŹđšđźđ«đœđžđŹ 𝐹𝐧 đČđšđźđ­đĄđŸđźđ„ đ›đžđ­đ«đšđ­đĄđšđ„đŹ đ°đĄđąđ„đž đąđ đ§đšđ«đąđ§đ  đ­đĄđžđąđ« 𝐹𝐰𝐧 đ›đ«đšđšđđ„đČ đœđąđ«đœđźđ„đšđ­đžđ đ­đ«đšđđąđ­đąđšđ§đŹ 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 đŠđšđ€đž đŹđąđŠđąđ„đšđ« đšđ« đŹđ­đ«đšđ§đ đžđ« đœđ„đšđąđŠđŹ. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 đ‚đšđ­đĄđšđ„đąđœ 𝐄𝐧𝐜đČđœđ„đšđ©đžđđąđš đœđšđ§đđąđđ„đČ 𝐧𝐹𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 đ­đ«đšđđąđ­đąđšđ§đŹâ€”đžđŻđžđ§ đ°đĄđąđ„đž 𝐣𝐼𝐝𝐠𝐱𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đžđ±đ­đ«đžđŠđž 𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬 đźđ§đ„đąđ€đžđ„đČ—𝐭𝐡𝐼𝐬 đšđœđ€đ§đšđ°đ„đžđđ đąđ§đ  đ­đĄđžđąđ« đ©đ«đžđŹđžđ§đœđž 𝐱𝐧 đ‚đĄđ«đąđŹđ­đąđšđ§ đĄđžđ«đąđ­đšđ đž.

đ‚đšđ§đœđ„đźđŹđąđšđ§

đ€đ©đšđœđ«đČđ©đĄđšđ„ đČ𝐞𝐭 đ°đąđđžđ„đČ đ«đžđšđ đ‚đĄđ«đąđŹđ­đąđšđ§ đ­đžđ±đ­đŹ (𝐭𝐡𝐞 đđ«đšđ­đšđžđŻđšđ§đ đžđ„đąđźđŠ 𝐹𝐟 𝐉𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐬; 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đ‡đąđŹđ­đšđ«đČ 𝐹𝐟 đ‰đšđŹđžđ©đĄ 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đ‚đšđ«đ©đžđ§đ­đžđ«) 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 đŒđšđ«đČ 𝐚𝐭 đ­đ°đžđ„đŻđž 𝐚𝐧𝐝 đ‰đšđŹđžđ©đĄ đžđ„đđžđ«đ„đČ (𝐚𝐛𝐹𝐼𝐭 𝐧𝐱𝐧𝐞𝐭đČ 𝐚𝐭 đ›đžđ­đ«đšđ­đĄđšđ„; 𝟏𝟏𝟏 𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡). đ„đšđ«đ„đČ đŹđšđąđ§đ­đŹâ€”đŽđ«đąđ đžđ§, đ„đ©đąđ©đĄđšđ§đąđźđŹ, đ‰đžđ«đšđŠđžâ€”đ€đ§đžđ°, đ©đ«đžđŹđžđ«đŻđžđ, đšđ« 𝐝𝐞𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐱𝐬 đŸđ«đšđŠđžđ°đšđ«đ€ 𝐭𝐹 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐧𝐝 đŒđšđ«đČ’𝐬 đ©đžđ«đ©đžđ­đźđšđ„ đŻđąđ«đ đąđ§đąđ­đČ. đŒđšđđžđ«đ§ đŹđœđĄđšđ„đšđ«đŹ (đ„đĄđ«đŠđšđ§ & đđ„đžđŹÌŒđž; đ„đ„đ„đąđšđ­đ­; 𝐋𝐱𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐟𝐹𝐹𝐭; đđ«đšđ°đ§; đđšđźđœđ€đĄđšđŠ) 𝐝𝐹𝐜𝐼𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐱đȘ𝐼𝐱𝐭đČ, 𝐟𝐼𝐧𝐜𝐭𝐱𝐹𝐧, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 đ«đžđœđžđ©đ­đąđšđ§ 𝐹𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 đ­đ«đšđđąđ­đąđšđ§đŹ. 𝐂𝐹𝐧𝐬𝐞đȘđźđžđ§đ­đ„đČ, đŠđąđŹđŹđąđšđ§đšđ«đČ đšđ­đ­đšđœđ€đŹ 𝐹𝐧 đˆđŹđ„đšđŠ 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 đšđŻđžđ«đ„đšđšđ€ 𝐭𝐡𝐱𝐬 đ‚đĄđ«đąđŹđ­đąđšđ§ 𝐞𝐯𝐱𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 đšđ©đžđ«đšđ­đž 𝐰𝐱𝐭𝐡 𝐚 đđšđźđ›đ„đž đŹđ­đšđ§đđšđ«đ.

đ‘đžđŸđžđ«đžđ§đœđžđŹ

đđšđźđœđ€đĄđšđŠ, 𝐑. (𝐧.𝐝.). 𝐓𝐡𝐞 đ«đžđ„đšđ­đąđŻđžđŹ 𝐹𝐟 𝐉𝐞𝐬𝐼𝐬. đđąđ›đ„đąđœđšđ„đ’đ­đźđđąđžđŹ.đšđ«đ .đźđ€.

đđ«đšđ°đ§, 𝐑. 𝐄. (𝟏𝟗𝟗𝟑). 𝐓𝐡𝐞 đ›đąđ«đ­đĄ 𝐹𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐱𝐚𝐡: 𝐀 đœđšđŠđŠđžđ§đ­đšđ«đČ 𝐹𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐱𝐧𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐜đČ đ§đšđ«đ«đšđ­đąđŻđžđŹ 𝐱𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đ†đšđŹđ©đžđ„đŹ 𝐹𝐟 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐰 𝐚𝐧𝐝 đ‹đźđ€đž (𝐑𝐞𝐯. 𝐞𝐝.). đƒđšđźđ›đ„đžđđšđČ / đ€đ§đœđĄđšđ« đ˜đšđ„đž đđąđ›đ„đž đ‘đžđŸđžđ«đžđ§đœđž đ‹đąđ›đ«đšđ«đČ.

đ‚đšđ­đĄđšđ„đąđœ 𝐄𝐧𝐜đČđœđ„đšđ©đžđđąđš. (𝐧.𝐝.). 𝐒𝐭. đ‰đšđŹđžđ©đĄ. 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐀𝐝𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭. đĄđ­đ­đ©đŹ://𝐰𝐰𝐰.𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭.đšđ«đ /𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧/𝟎𝟖𝟓𝟎𝟒𝐚.𝐡𝐭𝐩

đ„đĄđ«đŠđšđ§, 𝐁. 𝐃., & đđ„đžđŹÌŒđž, 𝐙. (𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟏). 𝐓𝐡𝐞 đšđ©đšđœđ«đČđ©đĄđšđ„ đ đšđŹđ©đžđ„đŹ: đ“đžđ±đ­đŹ 𝐚𝐧𝐝 đ­đ«đšđ§đŹđ„đšđ­đąđšđ§đŹ. đŽđ±đŸđšđ«đ đ”đ§đąđŻđžđ«đŹđąđ­đČ đđ«đžđŹđŹ.

đ„đ„đ„đąđšđ­đ­, 𝐉. 𝐊. (𝐄𝐝.). (𝟏𝟗𝟗𝟑). 𝐓𝐡𝐞 đšđ©đšđœđ«đČđ©đĄđšđ„ 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐓𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐭: 𝐀 đœđšđ„đ„đžđœđ­đąđšđ§ 𝐹𝐟 đšđ©đšđœđ«đČđ©đĄđšđ„ đ‚đĄđ«đąđŹđ­đąđšđ§ đ„đąđ­đžđ«đšđ­đźđ«đž 𝐱𝐧 𝐚𝐧 đ„đ§đ đ„đąđŹđĄ đ­đ«đšđ§đŹđ„đšđ­đąđšđ§. đŽđ±đŸđšđ«đ đ”đ§đąđŻđžđ«đŹđąđ­đČ đđ«đžđŹđŹ.

đ„đ©đąđ©đĄđšđ§đąđźđŹ 𝐹𝐟 đ’đšđ„đšđŠđąđŹ. (𝟏𝟗𝟗𝟒/𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟑). 𝐓𝐡𝐞 đđšđ§đšđ«đąđšđ§ (𝐀𝐠𝐚𝐱𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đ€đ§đ­đąđđąđœđšđŠđšđ«đąđšđ§đąđ­đžđŹ, 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝟕𝟖) (𝐅. đ–đąđ„đ„đąđšđŠđŹ, đ“đ«đšđ§đŹ.). đđ«đąđ„đ„.

đ‡đąđŹđ­đšđ«đČ 𝐹𝐟 đ‰đšđŹđžđ©đĄ 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đ‚đšđ«đ©đžđ§đ­đžđ«. (𝟏𝟗𝟐𝟒). 𝐈𝐧 𝐌. 𝐑. 𝐉𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐬 (đ“đ«đšđ§đŹ.), 𝐓𝐡𝐞 đšđ©đšđœđ«đČđ©đĄđšđ„ 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐓𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐭.

đ‰đžđ«đšđŠđž. (𝟑𝟖𝟑/𝟏𝟖𝟗𝟑). 𝐀𝐠𝐚𝐱𝐧𝐬𝐭 đ‡đžđ„đŻđąđđąđźđŹ: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 đ©đžđ«đ©đžđ­đźđšđ„ đŻđąđ«đ đąđ§đąđ­đČ 𝐹𝐟 đđ„đžđŹđŹđžđ đŒđšđ«đČ (𝐖. 𝐇. đ…đ«đžđŠđšđ§đ­đ„đž, đ“đ«đšđ§đŹ.). 𝐈𝐧 𝐍𝐱𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐹𝐬𝐭-𝐍𝐱𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐞 đ…đšđ­đĄđžđ«đŹ (đ’đžđ«. 𝐈𝐈, đ•đšđ„. 𝟔).

đŽđ«đąđ đžđ§. (𝐜. 𝟐𝟒𝟖). đ‚đšđŠđŠđžđ§đ­đšđ«đČ 𝐹𝐧 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐰 𝟏𝟎.𝟏𝟕.

đđ«đšđ­đšđžđŻđšđ§đ đžđ„đąđźđŠ 𝐹𝐟 𝐉𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐬. (𝟐𝐧𝐝 đœđžđ§đ­đźđ«đČ). 𝐈𝐧 𝐖. đ’đœđĄđ§đžđžđŠđžđ„đœđĄđžđ« (𝐄𝐝.), 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐓𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐭 đšđ©đšđœđ«đČđ©đĄđš, đŻđšđ„. 𝟏 (𝐑. 𝐌𝐜𝐋. đ–đąđ„đŹđšđ§, đ“đ«đšđ§đŹ.). đ–đžđŹđ­đŠđąđ§đŹđ­đžđ« 𝐉𝐹𝐡𝐧 đŠđ§đšđ± đđ«đžđŹđŹ.

đ€đ„đ„đšđĄ 𝐊𝐧𝐹𝐰𝐬 𝐁𝐞𝐬𝐭.

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