Dr. E. W. Heaton's 'The Hebrew Kingdoms'

A noted Christian scholar, Dr.
E. W. Heaton of St. Joan's College,
Oxford, provides valuable material
regarding Israel and Judah, Pro-
phecy and Prophets, in "The He-
brew Kingdoms," a New Claren-
don Bible, published by Oxford
University Press (200 Madison,
NY16).
The era of 922-587 BCE is cov-
ered in this work and the study,
the author indicates, commenced
"not so much with the disruption
of a kingdom as with the collapse
of an empire."
Analyses of the positions of Is-
rael and Judah after the death of
Solomon are of special merit in
this noteworthy work.
Dr. Heaton shows how Israel

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and Judah "went their separate
ways" after Solomon's death,
when the personal links David
established between the tribes of
the north and south were re-
moved.
Thereafter, Judah's separatism,
moved into a "sacral and highly
centralized society," Israel's "fan-
tastic record of unscrupulous and
unrestrained violence," to form the
dramatic portion of this historical
review. Dr. Heaton points to the
19 kings, of whom nine were usur-
pers, seven were murdered and
one committed suicide during the
200-year Israel record.
Dr. Heaton explains that while
Judah and Israel shared a com-
mon faith they were politically
independent. He points out that
"Israel was the leader, and when
they were enemies, Israel was al-
most invariably the aggressor and
the victor." But both kingdoms
"were never strong enough to pur-
sue any independent foreign policy
and their names occur in the his-
torical records of the great powers
only among references to the mi-
nor states of Palestine and Syria."
Supplementing his historical
resume of that era with com-
mentaries on the law, worship
and Wisdom Literature, Dr. Hea-
ton devotes an important portion
of his book to reviews of the
works of institutional and inde-
pendent prophets, and major at-
tention is given to Elijah, Elisha,
Amos, Hosea, hlicah, Isaiah and
Jeremiah. Extensively annotated,
containing important selections,
this portion of "The Hebrew
Kingdoms" has major signifi-
cance.
Frequent analogical references
are made by Dr. Heaton to Chris-
tianity and the teachings of Jesus.
An example is the treatment of the
parable of the vineyard in Isaiah
and the author's comment is:
"Like the parables of Jesus, this

story challenges the hearers to
make a judgment, and as often in
the gospels, moves from realism to
allegory."
He commences his review of the
"Law" section by stating: "The
Law of the Old Testament is the
most misunderst000d part of the
Hebrew heritage. It is widely iden-
tified with the scribal legalism
which Jesus condemned and the
Pharisaic self-righteousness which
Paul repudiated when he became
a Christian . . ."
Emphatic also in the author's
utilization of Christian references
and analogies to Jesus is the fol-
lowing in the section in which he
reviews the prophecies of Jere-
miah:
"The narrative of the trial and
acquittal of Jeremiah, revealing
the prophet's dignified assurance
and restraint, provides an illumin-
ating background to the narratives
of the trial of Jesus before Pilate."
Resort to parable, extensive
annotations, analytical accounts
of the struggles for freedom and
religions traditions of the two
ancient kingdoms are constantly
in evidence in Dr. Heaton's work.
Students of religion will be
especially intrigued by Dr. Hea-
ton's summation of the tendencies
in theological aspirations, and of
the transmission of traditions.
Prophetic lore, quoted lengthily,
eschatological auguries, definitions
of preachments of judgment—these
are among the many factors illum-
inated in this work.
There is an excellent chapter
describing Deuteronomic history,
and the records describing the
struggles with Damascus, as well
as the other conflicts of that era,
are of immense historic value.
Dr. Heaton's "The Hebrew King-
doms" enriches the New Clarendon
Bible series and adds immensely
to the material needed for biblical
and ancient Jewish historical stu-
dies.

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By RABBI SAMUEL SILVER
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of the more militant Negroes
worry us.
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to say that they have a case
against the Jews. It's just the op-
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merchants in the Negro areas have
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convention of the NAACP last June
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There's no black, no white,
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No honkys, no Toms.
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