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Dealing with Jewish discontent under the Ro- mans, describing "various atti- tudes toward Rome" which "char- acterized the Jews, conditioning their religious outlook," Prof. Buck wrote: "Rabbi Judah ben Il'ia says, `How fine are the deeds of this nation. They have repaired streets, they have built bridges, they have erected baths . • .;' to which Rabbi ben Yohai replied, `Everything which they have improved they have improved only for themselves. They have improved streets to accommo- date prostitutes, baths to luxuri- ate themselves, bridges to take toll from.' Rabbi Klausner, who recorded these quotations, con- cluded, 'Both men were right.' " In a footnote, Dr. Buck ex- plains that the reference to "Rabbi Klausner" was to Joseph Klaus- ner's "Jesus to Paul," published by Macmillan in 1944. This is one of the few errors in his book. Klausner was not a rabbi: he was professor of history at the He- brew University and also authored "The Life of Jesus." Another possible misinterpreta- tion in Buck's most impressive work is his treatment of Purim. First he describes "the genocide that was planned" which "speaks with a note of modern pain, for in the light of Hitler's pogrom Haman's attempted massacre no longer sounds like a fantasy." But then he writes: "It would be a good story if it stopped right here" (when Aha- suerus ordered Haman to be hanged on the gallows he had prepared for Mordecai). "Chapter 9 has the Jews given leave to kill as many of their enemies as they could during the two-day period. . . ." This sounds like a vengeance (in the Book of Esther the phrase actually used is that the Jews were given the right "to avenge themselves on their ene- mies"-8.13). It appears like a rebuke that Jews should also have resorted to genocide. But in the Book of Esther it is stated clearly that the Jews were to do the assaulting on "all the forces of the people and province that would assault them." In other words, it was to be self-defense. The Jews were given such a privilege un- der a condition in which—as com- mentators have explained—they would have been murdered be- cause the people who had such an order did not have time to learn about a subsequent order countermanding Haman's in- structions to kill all the Jews. It stands to reason that Prof. Buck writes and interprets as a Christian. Perhaps his book is pri- marily intended for Christians. He injects an inevitable Christological note as a Christian but he empha- sizes that the study as he ap- proaches it "ought to demonstrate our common origin and lead to further mutual understanding and appreciation." And his commen- taries certainly emphasize the ************************ Season's reetings Happy Passover -OK Smith - Nager Glass Corp. 4, 121 Leib Thomas Goodfellow, Inc. 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This - need not be interpreted as proselytizing, but it is a Chris- ian's viewpoint. Yet, there is value in his emphasis that "reverent scholarship is an important part of piety." And his collection of parables, his resort to commen- taries to explain texts, his ex- planatory skills, make his "People of the Lord" an unusually inter- esting book. —P. S. Beatniks 'Dig' Tel Aviv TEL AVIV (ZINS) — Large numbers of beatniks from the United States, France and the Scandinavian countries are living here under flourishing conditions. Shabbily dressed, with unkempt hair and beards and empty pockets, they stroll in groups through the streets of Tel Aviv, after having been ejected from Eilat. Though there are some Jews among these beatniks, the majority are non- Jews. Because of the warm cli- mate, they dispense with hotels and spend their days on park benches which also serve as their sleeping quarters at night. They derive their income from wealthy tourists who pay them for snap- ping their pictures. Many parents have become concerned about the unconventional visitors, because Israeli youth have recently been attracted to their groups. Bearded Israeli boys, and girls in beatnik attire have now become a common sight on the streets. There is now serious talk among public authori- ties of the need to deport the beatniks before the movement spreads any further. "We have enough of our own beatniks and don't need any imported ones," they say. •• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • ea, I. A horse's legs are four Because he labors more. A rooster's legs are two Because his works are few. A fish has none at all Because his life's a ball. II. A scientific satellite Let's send up to the moon To photograph what's left down here Of the remaining ruin. III. What does it mean When red men say The light is shorter than the day? 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