THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

Friday, September 6, 1968-35

Paperbacks by Christian Scholars
Deal With Israelites, Eschatology

Two paperbacks, issued as Dou-
bleday Anchor Books, implement
the theological library.
"Old Testament History and Re-
ligion," the essays by the late
Prof. Albrecht Alt, translated from
the German by R. A. Wilson, are
the noted Christian theologian's im-
portant analyses of the Origins of
Israelite Law, the Settlement of the
Irraelites in Palestine, the Forma-
tion of the Israelite State and Mon-
archy in the Kingdoms of Israel of
and Judah.
This is a volume of biblical cri-
tisism by one of Germany's most
distinguished biblical scholars,
dealing with the early traditions of
Israel, with Old Testment histori-
cal data and related historical pro-
cesses. Laymen will find as much
interest in this work as thelogical
students.
The second Doubleday Anchor
paperback, "Evolution and Chris-
tian Hope," by Dr. Ernst Benz,
translated f r o m the German by
Heinz G. Frank deals with "Man's
Concept of the Future from the
Early Fathers to Teilhard de Char-
din." This volume contains an in-
teresting comment on the Jewish
view of "the expectation of a se-
cular Messiah" and the author
states:
"The ancient Jewish concept of
the fulfillment of salvation-history
is dominated by the idea that, at
the end of the history of the Jew-
ish people, the Messiah, of the
house of David, will come and es-
tablish the Kingdom of God. This
messianic kingdom is secular, and
its expectation therefore has a dis-
tinctly political character. It is an
empire into which the Anointed of
the Lord will gather the tribes of
the Chosen People. From Jerusa-
lem, he will establish a world king-
dom of peace into which other na-
tions will be incorporated, either
by being forced into subjection or
by joining voluntarily."
It is evident that these eschato-
logical analyses are christological-
ly analyzed and the above view
could well play into the hands of

Try and Stop Me

By BENNETT CERF
A political big-shot in the South-
west, noted both for his eloquence
and his arrogance, made the mis-
take of high-hatting the M.C. of
a fund-raising temperance society
banquet before the guests filed in
for dinner. The M.C. squared ac-
counts by interrupting the wait-
ers' service to announce, "Will
Senator So-and-So kindly report
immediately to the cloakroom? His
overcoat is leaking."
* * *
Stray facts dredged up for a
presidential election year by Sam
Himmell: Thomas Jefferson was
elected President of the U.S. over
Aaron Burr by the single vote of
Tennessee's W. C. Claiborne when
the election was thrown in the
House of Representatives in 1800.
. . In 1848, Zachary Taylor didn't
know for over a week that he been
nominated for the Presidency. The
letter notifying him of the nomina-
tion in Philadelphia reached him
at his temporary residence in Ba-
ton Rouge, La., all right, but he
refused it — because it bore no
postage and was marked, "Col-
lect!". .. . Abraham Lincoln didn't
carry one penny's worth of life in-
surance, although there were many
successful and respected insurance
\-mpanies operating at the time he
as coming up in the world.
* * *
President Johnson hates to be
criticized — but except in times
of extreme stress, doesn't let de-
tractors get too deep under his
skin. He likes to tell a story about
a farmer who was driven nearly
out of his mind by the croaking of
what seemed like thousands of bull
frogs in his pond. Finally he
drained the pond. "And do you
know how many bullfrogs he
found?" the President concludes
gleefully. "TWO!". .,— .

anti-Semites. A bit later, quoting
the viewpoint of Albert Schweitzer,
Dr. Benz states:
"From his extensive study of
New Testament texts he came to
the conclusion that Jesus was en-
tirely under the influence of late
Jewish expectations of the end of
time and that his thinking was 'en-
tirely eschatological' . . . In his
book The mysticism of P a u 1 the
Apostle,' he pointed out that Jesus
was completely imbued with the
Son of Man eschatology of the
books of Daniel and Enoch. He
proclaimed that the Son of Man
would come on the clouds of
heaven, surrounded by angels. In-
stead of referring to a messianic
kingdom, he referred to a Kingdom
of God, which he conceived in en-
tirely supernatural terms. In this
Kingdom, the chosen of all genera-
tions of humanity will live under
the rule of the Son of Man as they
would after their insurrection."

Schoenbrun's 'Vietnam' Analyzes Chief Issues

A timely and most important vol-
ume dealing with major questions
affecting the Vietnam situation has
just been issued by Atheneum
Books (122 E. 42nd, NY 17).
Answers to questions raised over
the issue are given in "Vietnam—
How We Got In, How to Get Out,"
by David Schoenbrun. The book
has been issued in hard cover as
well as paperback editions.
"It is my own feeling that an
honorable settlement based on

Israeli Urges Revision in

(Direct JTA Teletype Wire
to The Jewish News)

TEL AVIV — An important revi-
sion in the system of proportional
representation by which members
are elected to the Knesset had been
proposed by Pinhas Sapir, secre-
tary-general of the Israel Labor
Party.
Sapir told a meeting in Shederot
Tuesday that the party will seek
to raise the minimum percentage
for election to the Knesset from 1
per cent to 3 or 4 per cent on party

Modern Funerals
Are More Subdued Archives' Fund
Honors Goldwater
By RABBI SAMUEL J. FOX

(Copyright 1968, JTA Inc.)

Modern funerals are more sub-
dued, while in former years there
was much crying at funerals. It is
well to understand that, actually,
Jewish tradition allows a time for
weeping by setting aside the first
three days. In the Bible we find
that the first Jewish funeral (the
death of Sarah) was characterized
by describing the husband coming
to mourn for Sarah and to weep
for her (Gen. 23:2). In many
places in the Bible we find weep-
ing considered synonymous with
mourning (Is. 16:7, Jer. 16:5, Job
30:31).
The original eulogy was actually
employed to encourage the mourn-
ers to cry. There would even be
professional wailers who would be
engaged to help people cry. Crying
is considered even by modern psy-
chologists as an effective way of
releasing one's emotions and alle-
viating a state of tension. Public
weeping helped the mourner to
release his emotions and to feel
that he is not alone in his grief.
Some modern funerals amongst
Jews seem to prefer a more so-
phisticated air. This may be the
reason, directly or indirectly, for
the decrease in tears shed. It is
questionable whether this develop-
ment is to be considered a step
forward and progressive. Modern
man, who is trying so hard to dem-
onstrate that he can control his
emotions at funerals, is now begin-
ning to show his weakness on so
many other occasions. He seems to
be looking for an escape while, at
the same time, closing his eyes to
the normal, natural means afford-
ed him by both nature and tradi-
tion by such things as crying at
funerals.
More recent observers have cap-
ably analyzed the situation by say-
ing that nature, through Divine
Providence, has given us many
recourses with which to face life's
situations. The ability to cry is
one of the tools we are given to
help ease the pain of tragedy and
suffering. Repressing our tears at
a time when we can well use
psychological behavior.

(Direct JTA Teletype Wire
to The Jewish News)

NEW YORK—Jewish friends of
former Senator Barry Goldwater
of Arizona, the 1964 Republican
•:::- Presidential can-
didate, have es-
ablished a Barry
Goldwater Re-
earch Fund at
ewish Archives
f Hebrew Union
College - Jewish
Institute of Reli-
gion, it was an-
nounced here
Wednesday. The
fund will be used
to buy or copy
.documents,
. : t ries, letters and
Goldwater
other materials
that tell of the roles played by
Jewish men and women in build-
ing the American West. Among
the latter were forebears of Sena-
tor Goldwater.

elections can be achieved if half can university.
as much energy and dedication is
Schoenbrun warns: "If the
devoted to the search for peace as
issue is widened to include all of
to the prosecution of the war, and
Southeast Asia, if it is seen to
if the issue is narrowed to the fu-
include the containment of China,
ture of Vietnam," Schoenbrun de-
then we could be at war for
clares.
years. That is, if we are lucky;
The author is a member of the
if we are not, Vietnam might
faculty of international affairs at
become the place where the hu-
C o lu m b i a University Graduate
man race began the last war
School and is now teaching the
of its history."
first one-year course on the history
In his thorough review of the
of Vietnam offered at any Ameri- serious problems, Schoenbrun sees
hopeful signs since "both the
United States and the Front say
Electoral System
that they want a peaceful, inde-
lists. At present, any party list pendent and neutral South Viet-
which receives less than 1 per cent nam." He writes: "The Front says
of the vote is automatically barred that free elections cannot be held
from participating in the Knesset. under the American occupation,
By raising the required percentage and the United States says that free
three- or four-fold, many of the elections cannot be held under
small parties would be excluded. Communist terror." Conceding
Some have already denounced the that "they are both right," he
scheme, among them the one-man nevertheless poses the question:
Haolam Hazeh faction, the Inde- "But is it impossible to envisage a
pendent Liberals, the Communists way to hold elections?"
and the ultra-Orthodox Poale Agu-
Since this book was written be-
da Israel which are not likely to fore the new policies instituted by
poll 3 or 4 per cent of the vote.
President Johnson, even the last
Negotiations now under way to query remains open to decision.
form a united front between the
Labor Party and the left-wing la-
borite Mapam in the next elec-
tions. Mapam announced that it
will include its Arab section in its
general electoral list. The Labor
Party will do the same with its
Arab section. The Arab slates af-
filiated with the major parties have
heretofore appeared on separate
lists and never received more than
1 or 2 per cent of the vote.

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