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THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Fridayi_ 91arch 9, 1963 --

Gordon's Near Eastern Lecture Probes
David's Musical Aid to Troop Training

By RICHARD APTEKAR
"Scholars say if you have a
peculiar reading, the text must
be wrong and therefore it should
be corrected. I maintain the
opposite is the approach we
should use."
With this statement Dr. Cyrus
H. Gordon, chairman of the
Department of Mediterranean
Studies at Brandeis University,
dispelled any notions of a dry,
academic account of Hebrew-
Greek background before the
Bible, in his address to 450
people Feb. 28 in the Commu•
nity Arts Auditorium on the
WSU campus.
Gordon's lecture was the first
in the current series of Borman
Lectures, devoted to Near East-
ern Studies, and directed by
WSU's Prof. Abram Spiro, chair-
man of the Near Eastern Lan-
guages and Literatures Depart-
ment. Attorney Avern Cohn in-
troduced' the speaker. •
"If there is something ordi-
nary, it is possible it might
have been invented by a forg-
er or duplicated by a scribe.
But if something is complete-
ly out of keeping with what

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we expect, this we have to
hold onto," Gordon began.
In one instance, Gordon con-
nected Jews and ancient Spar-
tans by tracing their ancestry
back to a common fold. "Spar-
tans, being warriors of Southern
Greece, go back to the Dahna-
ouy, Semitic conquerors of thp
Peliponesis. Dahnaous and Dan
are identified and the Danites
have Aegian connections.
"Since Dan was accepted as
a great grandson of Abraham,
this makes Jews and Spartans
cousins to the satisfaction of
both people. If it was acceptable
to Spartans and Jews in Hellen-
istic and Roman ages, we ought
to be a little respectful of their
traditions and not brush them
aside as impossible," Gordon
suggested.
Discussing David's many-
faceted personality, Gordon
recalled he was "a psalmist,
musician and dancer who
danced with great verve on
one occasion."
"He had many aesthetic quali-
ties. At the same 'time he was
a warrior who could more than
hold his own on the battlefield,
and a great organizer of his na-
tion, who trained his troops and
victoriously shook off the yoke
of the Philistines that had kept
his people in subjugation.
"Imagine a general in the
Pentagon, a great leader on the
battlefield, who was also a
dancer, musician, psalmist and
composer of elegies. It is incon-
ceivable.
"How do you explain these
apparently contradictory aspects
of David's personality? Teart-
eus, a great Athenian minor
poet, was brought to Sparta be-
cause the town was having trou-
ble with its neighbors. Spartans
realized they would have to
bring in a better general to re-
train the troops if Sparta was
to regain its former glory.
"Whom did they bring in?
—A schoolteacher named
Tearteus, who was a musician
and a singer of elegies, in ad-
dition to being a general.
They did this because they
needed someone to celebrate
in elegy the lives of great
heroes who had perished
nobly on the battlefield, in
order to inspire troops to live
as victors or die as heroes.
"Music was necessary. Music
and poetry were used in order
to teach the men to function
tactically in unison. They used
music for the training of troops.
"A passage in Samuel II gives
the introduction to the dirge
composed by David for his slain
friends, Saul and Jonathon, and
has this heading: Leal Omade
Bnai Y'hudah Kasheh, or to
teach the sons of Judah bow-
manship. Then comes the beau-
tiful dirge.
"Scholars say this is obviously
out of place and nonsensical.
What can a poem about dead
heroes have to do with teaching
the sons of Judah bowmanship?
"But this is precisely the
clue to the personality and
role of David and the purpose
of this dirge. It was used to

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build up the morale of the
troops so they would fight
courageously to the death, if
necessary.
"In the meantime they were
taught the art of the bow to
music and rhythm so they could
train and function properly as
an organized team," Gordon
concluded.
At a dinner for 75 guests
preceding the evening lecture,
Spiro reminisced about the in-
augural lectures which preceded
the introduction of the Borman
Lecture Series. He recalled that
the first sponsors were Mr. and
Mrs. Walter L. Field and he
took occasion to commend Tom
and Al Borman for making the
lectures possible.
Dr. James McCormick, speak-
ing in behalf of the university,
expressed gratitude for the
"intellectual stimulation" pro-
vided by the lectures.
Al Borman addressed the
dinner meeting, indicating his
own and his brother's readi-
ness to assist in movements to
spur the community's cultural
progress.
Others who spoke at the din-
ner meeting were Dean Martin
Stearns of the WSU College of
Liberal Arts and Leonard N.
Simons, a member of the Bor-
man Lecture Series' advisory
committee.
The next lecturer in the series
will be Prof. Erwin Goodenough
of Yale University who will
speak April 18 and 19 on the
subjects "Old Testament Paint-
ings in the Graecci - Roman
World" and "The Place of Reli-
gion in Modern Society."

Sol Selman's Oils
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Scholle to Address
Zionists Branch 2

Barbara Parr Will
Wed Philip Kraft

Branch Two, Labor Zionist Or-
ganization, will present Gus
Scholle of the AFL-CIO in a
discussion of the proposed Michi-
gan constitution Sunday evening
at the home of J. L. Stone,
18641 Greenlawn, announces
President Aaron A. Kutnick.
Purim refreshments will follow.

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this is my monument to the
life and people of the Shtetl."
Emanuel Mark, Institute di-
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has presented one of his paint-
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Jeffrey Mallon Is
Nominated for Rohlik
Prize at Wayne State

Jeffrey Mallon, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Milford Mallon, 23011 Web-
ster, Oak Park, has been nomi-
nated for the top of three Roh-
lik Prizes at Wayne State Uni-
versity.
The recommendation was made
by Abram Spiro of the Depart-
ment of Near Eastern Languages
and Literatures. Submitted to
the university's Office of Schol-
arships and Financial Aids, it
reads, in part:
"Mr. Mallon, an extremely
gifted and conscientious student
with an analytic and perceptive
mind, will undoubtedly be an
academic success. His over-all
average at the university is 3.35.
In our department he is a
straight A student. He intends
to declare Near Eastern studies
as a major, and we have high
expectations of him."

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