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BY HENRY LEONARD
2nd Century View—So Times Have Changed?
the book, "an important work," reconstructed manuscript, is not
written "in deep Hebrew, stylis- sorry he performed the scholastic
When the Prophet Nathan point- tic Hebrew, wonderful Hebrew." labor. "Now," he said, "we know
ed a stern forefinger at King David
The Talmudic scholar, though what the rabbis of that day were
and declared: "Thou art the man," staggered by the revelations in his up against."
he dramatized an idea which was
quite novel in human affairs of the
time—that no man, whatever his
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station, could. escape judgment
not only in the hereafter but in
this world as well.
The Old Testament thus may be
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considered a collection of denun-
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ciations of human frailties of the
People of the Book, recorded—as
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it turned out—in one of the most
enduring bills of indictment in his
tory.
Still. there have been some gaps
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in the record of those frailties. Not
all of the errant behavior of the
Jews of ancient times is spelled out
in complete detail.
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The record is now available and
written, of course, by contempo-
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rary Jews.
It appears from that contempo-
rary record that the Jews of the
2nd Century played the horses,
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worshipped the Greek goddess of
love, coveted other men's wives
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and dodged bill collectors—even as
modern man.
It is all described in the "Book
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many, the freshness it bringeth to of unknown friends, the learning in the 2nd Century in Pales-
tinian
Hebrew
by
a
memLer
or
the heart, the seeing and hearing of high manners."—Sadi's—"Gulis-
members of a Jewish Gnostic
of marvelous things, the delight of tan."
sect. Lost for more than ten
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centuries, it was "found" recent-
ly by Dr. Mordecai Margolioth, a
Talmudic expert at the Jewish
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Dr. Margolioth reconstructed the
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long-lost manuscript from frag-
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ments
he
found
in
several
world
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libraries, including one in Lenin-
grad.
Dr. Margolioth conceded he was
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shocked by some of the contents.
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He cited the advice in the "Book
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of Secrets" to one wishing to win
the heart of "a noble lady, be she
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single or married. The advice was
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to "take the perspiration of thy
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face or thy forehead and put it in
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a cruse. Write the name `Aphro
dite' on a tablet and the name of
the anger that serves her; thrust
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it into a jar and say, 'I invoke you,
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Love, that you should turn the
heart of
daughter
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to love me and to do
my bidding . . . ' "
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art of improving the breed of race-
horses may find something of in-
terest in the prayer of the 2nd
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Century devotee: "I entreat you the
and Patrons
Angels who run between the stars,
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that you give strength and force to
the horses in this race and to their
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driver, that they shall not be tired
and they shall not stumble and
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they shall run easily and no beast
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shall beat them and use charm or
magic work against them." The
2nd Century horse player was in
structed to inscribe this sentiment
on a tablet, take the tablet "to
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the hippodrome where you want to
win" and bury it there.
The 2nd Century debtor de-
termined to avoid paying his bills
was given specific advice on how
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he might succeed with a little try.
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ing.
He
was
told
to
take
water
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from seven wells on the seventh
day of the month, pour the water
into seven jars and to leave the
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jars out at night for seven iights.
On the seventh night, he was to
smash the jars and throw the
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pieces in every direction. Simul-
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taneously, he was advised to recite
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a prayer to evil angels. In this
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prayer, he was to urge the angels
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to break the bill collector's bones
and "smash him so there shall be
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no cure as there is none for the
broken jars."
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Dr. Margolioth discounted the
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theory that the book might have
been written by some kind of a
Loy Lim, Proprietor
2nd Century nut. He called
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