Dr. Orlinsky's 'Ancient Israel'
Covers Biblical, Prophetic Eras

In 1954, Cornell University worry nor this optimism.
Press published "Ancient Is- First, when the Egyptians
rael" by Prof. Harry M. Orlin- lost a battle, they customarily
sky. The wide attention given either recorded it as a victory
the book at the time of pub- or else passed over it in
lication soon • resulted in a silence. Thus the prolonged
sell-out. It has now appeared Hyksos rule was not men-
in a second edition, in a paper- tioned in contemporaneous
back, and again is claiming the Egyptian sources until the
attention of Hyksos were expelled, and
scholars and even the victory over them
Bible stu- was apparently not officially
dents.
recorded. And second, the
The growth scope of the Exodus and sig-
of the Biblical nificance of it for the Egyp-
tradition is tian government - were, so
emphasized by meager as not to merit any
Dr. Orlinsky. documentary mention."
He points to
Dr. Orlinsky's Biblical study
the influence includes an analysis of the Is-
of the Bible raelite empire under David and
a n d declares Solomon, the divided kingdoms
that "no other of Judah and Israel, the Baby-
single • b o o'k, lonian Exile and the Restora-
or collection tion of Judah, and concludes
of books, has with an important essay on the
played so im- Hebraic spirit as represented
portant a n d in the Prophetic movement and
prolonged a social justice.
role in the de-
An appended chronological
Dr. Orlinsky velopment
summary, adds to the merits of
western civilization. Indeed, the this important book.
simple use of the word Bible,
which derives from the Greek
to biblia 'the books', with no
more identification than the
capital 'B', points to its signi-
ficance as the Book' par ex-
cellence."
Dr. Orlinsky deals with the
Hebrew origins and with the BY RABBI SAMUEL J. FOX
1961, Jewish Telegraphic
Exodus. In his explanation of (Copyright, Agency,
Inc.)
the Hebrew sojourn in Egypt
The law of the Bible had no
and the leadership of, Moses he
punishment which deprived an
states:
individual of his liberty. While
"Scholars have long been there is mention of Egyptian,
troubled by the fact that - Philistine and Assyrian prisons
Egyptian records make no (Gen. 39, 20:40; Judges 16:21;
mention Of Moses and the Jer. 52:11), no mention is ever
Exodus, and sonic have ex- made of a Jewish prison.
pressed the belief. that a doc-
In the Pentateuch, imprison-
ument or two may 'yet turn ment- is used only as a tem-
up with reference to them. porary means of holding a vio-
Yet the modern student of lator until sentence was passed
ancient Egyptian history (Lev. 24:12, Num. 15:34). Later
should share neither this Biblical works ,
make mention
of imprisonment as a means of
punishing one who fell into the
disfavor of the, ruling power.
In Talmudic literature prison
is only mentioned as a means of
detaining one who was' guilty
of a capital offense but could
not be legally convicted, or one
LoVers of good liturgical who transgressed the same
music will find great satisfac- crime, for which stripes are re-
tion in a new record that has quired, more than twice; and
been issued in Germany by temporary imprisonment- pend-
Quadriga-Ton-Gesellschaft, M. ing trial.
B. H., Frankfurt-am-Main.
Those who seek to point out
Featuring one of the most
the
lofty humanitarian ideals of
distinguished Jewish musicians
in post-war Germany, Max Neu- Jewish tradition point to the
mann, this record contains 13 minor role of prisons in Jewish
liturgical selections, sung by life of old as an indication that
human liberty, either privately
noted German cantors.
Utilizing the compositions of or collectively, was of such
Sulzer, Lewandowski, Naum- great value to society that
bourg, Neumann, Birnbaum and prisons were not used unless
other composers of traditional absolutely necessary under the
music, the songs are impressive- exceptional circumstances men-
ly interpreted by Neumann tioned above.
In the Bible, kidnapping
himself, who arranged the group
of songs, and Cantors Aladar which results in slavery or sell-
Fuchs, Israel Karmon and ing of the individual is punish-
able by death (Ex. 21:16; Deut.
Moshe Korn.
The Hebrew selections in this 24:7). This indicates how severe
set of recordings are: Etz Hay- a crime kidnapping must have
yirn, V'hogen, Tov Lehodot, been regarded to be.
Hori'u, Adon Olam, Vayehi
Bin'so'a, Y e h a 11 u, Uvnuho Ex New York. Justice
Yomar, V'shomru, Hodu, Ono,
- Baruch Haba, Ashreha Hoson, Mitchell May Dies at 90
NEW YORK, (JTA)—Mitchell
and B'ruhim.
The fact that such an out- May, former justice of the New
standing musical, work could be York State Supreme Court and
produced in Germany has been prominent Jewish communal
died here at the age of
acclaimed by officials of the leader,
90. He served in. Congress from
West German Government, who
feel that it indicates a return 1899 to 1901.
Born in Brooklyn, May was
to cultural independence by the
handful of Jews who remain in for many years president of the
Germany. Government officials Brooklyn Federation of Charities,
are • encouraging the distribu- now merged with the Federation
tion of this record outside as of Jewish Philanthropies of New
York. He was a member of the
well as inside Germany.
Through this r e c or d, Max boards of directors of a number
Neumann's work emerges as of Jewish organizations and 'in-
that of a proud and creative ! stitutions.
Jewish composer and musical
To keep doctors posted on the
director. At the same time, it latest developments in cancer
provides a worthy platform for control, the American Cancer
his fellow-musicians who sing Society provides up-to-date in-
the songs he has arranged in formation on cancer diagnosis
this recording. •
and, treatment.

Bible Contains
No Record of
Jewish Prisons

U.S. Gives Saudi Arabia
$5,000,000 Airport
Despite Anti-U.S. Act

WASHINGTON, , (JTA) — De-
spite the unilateral cancellation
by Saudi Arabia of the lease for
the United States Air Force base
at Dhahran, the United States
will finish and hand over to
Saudi Arabia a modern $5,000,-
000 airline terminal.
Construction of the terminal,
which is now 70 per cent finished,
was part of the agreement by
which the United States obtained
use of the air base at Dhahran
during the past five years. Saudi
Arabia notified Washington that
the lease would not be renewed
and that military operations-must
be terminated by April 1, 1962.
Joseph Reap, State Department
press officer, said that comple-
tion of the terminal "was part
of the 1957 agreement and we
will live up to it." The air-condi-
tioned terminal will be completed
before the U.S. Air Force leaves
Saudi Arabia next year by re-
quest.

Three for the Show . . . in Israel

Three Jerusalem jockeys ride a tree-trunk to the finish
line at the Bet Ha-Yeled, Bakka, 'a sleep-in nursery for under-
privileged youngsters sponsored by the Mizrachi Women's
Organization of America. The nursery, recently moved from
Bnei Brak, cares for fifty youngsters between the ages of
three and six, referred by SAAD, the Israel social services
agency.

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