Episcopalian Priest Bases Bible Study Hecht's 'Perfidy' Repudiated by Late Chaim. Lieberman.
Lieberman dissected Hecht's
of misrepresenting truth.
Nearly two years ago, Ben
on Archaeology, Patriarchal Legend, Hecht,
"Perfidy" in all its details, de-
"A man who writes thus has
who had been active in
fended Ben-Gur ion against
lost all claim to intellectual re-
behalf of the Irgun during the
attacks and claimed
and Pointing to 'Astonishing Accuracy' struggle to bring Jews to Pales- spect—he has repudiated ver- Hecht's
that Hecht might as well have

acity," Lieberman declared.
tine while the British still were
"The story of the patriarchs
inserted the atrocious lies of the
in power in the Holy Land,
Lieberman charged that "deep
stands within the sacred liter-
Protocols of the Elders of Zion
wrote a book called "Perfidy,"
down in his heart he (Hecht)
ature of Christians and Jews and
in his text.
in which he attacked Israel's
really didn't care much for the
for centuries has been read with
officials and the major Zionist
Jews he was trying to rescue
He especially resented
the reverent attention their
leaders.
from the Nazis, the British and
Hecht's
charge that Jewish
standard piety requires in the
Hecht 'died after the book
—the Zionists. He is frank in
leaders failed to condemn Naz-
approach to Scripture. Until late
was in print. Chaim Lieberman,
confessing that the only Jews
ism. He acclaimed the contri-
in the 18th century of the pres-
who was one of the leading
in his life who ever meant any-
butions that were made by
ent era, for the bulk of Bible
writers for the
thing to him were his own
Zionism and charged that
readers this meant a reverence
Jewish Daily
family . ." He charges Hecht
Hecht was unqualified to deal
that acknowledges the truth and
Forward,
with an inhuman attitude. He
either with Zionism or the Zion-
accuracy of what the Bible says
wrote a re-
e x p r e s s e d deep resentment
ists' labors against Nazism.
because the Bible says it." Pro-
a g a i n s t the attacks Hecht
oin der to
"Zionism," he wrote, "was
ceeding to explain the place of
launched upon Dr. Chaim Weiz-
Hecht's book
the revolt of the Jew against
critical analyses in Bible study.
mann
and
stated:
prior to Liber-
his Exile, and the holocaust of
he states that criticism in Bible
"We find Hecht's distortion in
man's death
the six million was the revolt of
research "has not made us indif-
in his hallucination—that Weiz-
last year. I t
the Exile against the Jew: such
ferent to the residue of histori-
mann only aimed at a snob-
has just been
is the long and short of this
cal fact, often startingly discov-
State for Jewish plutocrats, a
published by
whole sublime and awesome
erable in the Bible, but has
sort
of
luxury
State,
a
toy-
Bloch under
world drama."
shown us how to appreciate the
country, not for use but for
the title "The
other ways, like myth and
He concluded by stating: "But
show. As a matter of history,
Man and His
legend, that the Biblical authors
`Perfidy' carries forth the fire
it was rich Jews who opposed
'Perfidy." The
went about teaching us the re-
of Auschwitz, the most terrible
Zionism and sought to block
title page of
ligious and theological lesson
of all fires."
the issuance of the Balfour
t h e 103-page
they had to impart."
Declaration."
brochure
But Fr. Holt's view will surely
Lieberman addressed him-
states that it
Ben Hecht
be subjected to much criticism
self to Hecht by stating: "Tell
is an answer
Like
based on his contention that on his
me why he hates the Jewish
to the "vitriolic attack upon the
deduction that the events depicted
face to the point of spitting
government leaders of Israel."
c.Piccatidig Cocktail's got it!
in legends about the patriarchs—
in it, and I will tell you why
Referring to Hecht's earlier
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berman charged that "Hecht
AURICH, W. Germany (JTA)- that there is a "schematic shorten-
allowed himself to write of Jews
An Aurich jury court sentenced ing" of the period in the represen-
as even anti-Semites have rare-
two former SS officers to prison tation of Jacob as Abraham's
ly done."
terms at hard labor for the war- grandson.
PPearing
Repudiating the c h a r g e s
time murders of Jews in occupied
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Holt's view is that from that point
erman showed how Hecht
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Werner Soheu, a physician from on the lives of Abraham, Isaac,
himself had never taken part
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Borkum Island, was sentenced to Jacob and Joseph are portrayed
in Jewish life, how he dis-
10 years for aiding in the murder with astonishing accuracy.
torted facts alluded to in
of 212 Jews in Neustadt, Lithuania,
The author states that the use
"Perfidy," and he even ques-
in 1941. Karl Struve was sentenced of legendary material in the writ-
tioned his ability as a re-
to nine years for similar crimes. ing of the history of the patriarchal
porter in view of Hecht's con-
The prosecution had demanded period requires acknowledgment
tention that he had not wit-
life sentences for both.
that legend "contains the folk
nessed anti-Semitism during
Long before the Third Reich memory of a situation of which
the heights of Coughlin's,
ALL SPO
was created, Borkuin was a holi- archaeological findings have shown
Ford's and the Nazi eras of
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ers, but also demolished the
rest, they expressed considerable
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site in Auschwitz, Poland.
both from archaeology and, quite
trict Court Wednesday added a
Henry Ormond, attorney for re- dependably, from the legends of
year to the one-year sentence un-
latives of some of those murdered
Genesis. The purpose of _the leg- posed by Magistrates Court on
in the Auschwitz extermination
ends is actually much the same
Yehuda Spiegel, the former deputy
camp, made the proposal to Judge
as that of the later historian; director general of the Ministry of
Hans Hofmeyer, presiding, justice
both aimed to provide a basis
Health who was found guilty of
at the trial three weeks ago. The
in history for the faith they taking a bribe in connection with
prosecution endorsed the proposal
sought to teach. In supplying
new hospital construction here.
but raised the question of whether
this, the legends deal more close-
In his appeal from the sentence
Polish authorities could guarantee
ly and in greater detail with
handed down by the Magistrates
the safety of the 22 defendants.
those inner matters of family ex-
Court, Spiegel had claimed that
The East German broadcast of- perience which were the vital
the money he received was not a
fered permission and guarantees point of encounter out of which
headlines the gala JULY 4TH SHOW
bribe but a contribution requested
for free travel through East Ger-
that faith originally grew."
that
will start a Summer Parade of
from
engineers,
architects
and
man territories to Poland to all
Dr. Holt says he is unable to
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Lichtigfeld, chairman of the Rab- ancient times, traces the group er of the National Religious party.
outstanding pros.
bis conference, and Prof. Herbert that was known as Habiru as having He is next in line on the party's
* July 4th—Eddie Cantor and Milton
Lewin, director of the Offenbach's had the strongest resemblance to Knesset list if any member resigns
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directorate of the Central Council infrequent use of the term
Free Tennis Clinic by Eli E. Epstein,
of German Jews, were awarded "Hebrew" in the Bible, he states:
Tahal Establishes Students'
coach of Yeshiva University Tennis
here High Orders of Merit by "The Biblical use of Hebrew paral-
Scholarship Fund at Technion
Varsity.
President Heinrich Luebke.
Tahal, Israel's Water Plan-
lels quite closely the non-Biblical
The awards were presented to use of Habiru."
ning Authority, has established
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Having aimed to discern. that
Ernest Schuette, the Hesse educa- "patriarchal experience was in
for students of civil engineering
Program under the direction of Lou "Simon Says" Gold-
tion minister, in a special cere- truth a valid encounter . . . with
at the Technio,n, Israel Institute
stein. * Four Bands for Dancing * Outdoor Dining at the
mony.
of Technology in Haifa. The
what was to come in full stature
Official Olympic Swimming Pool * Dining at the new Golf
scholarships are earmarked for
at a later time," Fr. Holt's ap-
Clubhouse. * New guest building—the Jennie G.
those students who specialize in
proach
in
this
book
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based
on:
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of the peculiar history of Israel." 8

Dr. John Marshall Holt, a mem-
ber of the founding faculty of the
Episcopal Theological Seminary
of the Southwest in Austin, Tex.,
who is now doing archaeological
research in the Near East as a
Fellow of the American School of
Oriental Research in Jerusalem,
has made a thorough study of the
patriarchal legends and offers in-
teresting analyses in "The Patri-
archs of Israel," published by Van-
derbilt University Press, Nashville,
Tenn.
Dr. Holt's is a dedicated work.
Reviewing the story of the patri-
archs, he points to his approach
based on Biblical criticism and he
states in defense of his position
that "reverent attention to Scrip-
ture has become no less • devout,
only more analytical and indeed
capable of a richer appreciation."
He states in taking the reader to
the scenes behind the patriarchs'
traditional background:

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