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Prof. Solomon Zeitlin, of siasm for the Scrolls was
Dropsie College, Philadelphia, r a t h e r one of nationalistic
editor of the Jewish Quarterly pride. Since the Hebrew Uni-
Review, continues to challenge versity acquired the Scrolls
MAX HAVNINg
those who claim that the Dead for $250,000, they have been
xmo3m
Sea Scrolls belong to the pre- used as propaganda for tour-
Christian era. In another article ists. There has even been
in the July issue of the Quar- erected a shrine to house them,
terly Review, under the title as in the older days bamot
"The Medieval Mind and the •(shrines) were built to house
Theological Speculation of the idols. There are, of course,
Dead Sea Scrolls," he disputes some professors who are only
the claims of several authors of too ready to jump on the band-
wagon, in order to be counted
recent books on the Scrolls.
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In his latest essay, Dr. Zeitlin among the 'authorities' on the
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emphasizes that the assigning of Dead Sea Scrolls, notwithstand-
ing
that
their
knowledge
of
the Scrolls to the pre-Christian
period is due to the eagerness the history of the Second Jew-
of Christian theologians for his- ish Commonwealth and Juda-
torical support for the life of ism is exceedingly meager.
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Jesus and the origin of Chris , •
tianity, and he maintains that
Many of the theologians who
the claim of antiquity for the are criticized by Dr. Zeitlin are
Scrolls has a theological motive. accused of believing "in what
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they want to believe."
In his lengthy essay, Prof.
He contends that "there are
Zeitlin criticizes the most re- no passages in the New Testa-
Two photographs received
cent books by Dr. Cecil Roth, ment which can be explained from the Keren Kayemeth-
Prof. Millar Burrows, Prof. as directed against the Essenes Jewish National Fund-head-
Frank Cross and others. He con- unless one resorts to symbolism
quarters in Jerusalem this
tends that Burrows and Cross in interpreting such passages." week show the settings for
"strongly oppose the conjec-
Referring to a statement by two Detroit projects in Israel.
tures of the agnostics and radi- Dr. Cross that "it is worthy of
The upper photo shows
cals who maintain that there is note that the Qumran library Mrs. Max Hayman at the
nothing original in Christianity has not produced works com- marker designating the me-
and that Jesus was only a rein- posed in Jewish circles hostile morial grove that is being
carnation of the teacher of to the Sectarians," Prof. Zeitlin planted in memory of her
righteousness, and that the story comments: "This is easily ex- husband.
The lower photo shows the
of Jesus' coming and his cru- plained, the Jews of the Middle
cifixion merely repeats a pat- Ages never regarded the writ- marker for the Daniel Tem-
tern which is to be found in ings of semi-literate persons as chin Forest.
important and certainly they
the Dead Sea Scrolls."
Dr. Zeitlin makes the point would not enter into contro-
that "in the medieval period; versy with them."
In his criticism of the book
the Christian leaders- in order
to combat paganism, Judaism, on the Scrolls by Dr. Roth, Dr.
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heresy and Manicheunism re- Zeitlin says that "Roth's entire
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sorted to symbolism in inter- theory is based on a lack of
JERUSALEM - The Israel
preting many passages in the comprehension of the writings Parliament Wednesday ap-
Hebrew Bible. Similarly, those of Josephus."
proved a motion to debate the
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who maintain that the Scrolls
issue of emigration from
will shed light on the teachings
Reiterating that "my argu- Israel, which, according to cur-
of primitive Christianity are ments against the antiquity of rent estimates, has totaled
engaged in explaining the many the Hebrew Scrolls were never 145,000 since the establish-
passages in the Scrolls by re- refuted," Dr. Zeitlin writes:
ment of the Jewish state.
sorting to symbolism."
"I am not disturbed that the
Finance Minister Levi Esh-
The critic of the view that Dead Sea Scrolls have been as- kol, speaking for the govern-
signed
to
t
h
e
pre-Christian
the Scrolls belong to antiquity
ment, supported the proposal
insists that Jewish theologians period. Scholars in due time will for a debate, but warned
and historians "never regarded recognize the fallacy of such a against any discussions which
the Hebrew Scrolls as having contedtion, just as they even- would create the impression
any historic value." He repeats tually admitted the Piltdown that the departures might -be
that "they were of a late period, man as a hoax, and recognized justified.
and even if we should grant for the forgeries of Shapiro and
Benjamin A v n i e 1, Herut
the sake of argument that the Firkowitch, the hoax of the Sla- deputy who proposed the de-
Scrolls were written during the vonic Josephus and other hoaxes bate, called the _ migration
Second Jewish Commonwealth, in history. What I am deeply "grave," and said the problem
the writings of semi-literate per- disturbed about is the medieval- was not merely one of quan-
sons could not influence Juda- ism and obscurantism which is tity but also of quality.
taught in halls of learning. The
ism." He adds:
He said that, while in 1955
"Jewish scholars do not look disciplines of scholarly research one quarter of the emigrants
for external evidence for sup- are shattered. Writings which were made up• of veteran sett-
port of Judaism. It is true that have theological motivations are lers and Sabras, last year they
some Jewish archaeologists, taken to be true historical in- accounted for 40 per cent and
particularly in Israel, have at- vestigations. A pseudo-scholarly that three-fourths of them
tributed great importance to chapter is being foistered upon were under 45.
the Scrolls, but their enthu- students and readers. It is in-
Noting that incoming migra-
deed a paradox that in the tion was diminishing to a
atomic age some professors em- trickle, with only 20,000 new-
IF YOU TURN THE
ploy symbolism in their inter- corners expected this year, he
pretation of Hebrew texts. The said the problem was "most
medieval mind has returned."
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