,TIITAWIT719. r:rrt , 'FF • vs- r"b. THE DETROIT JEWISH HEWS Rni4ers Prints 'Judges' as 3rd Volume iffliirerld History - of Jewish ,People- Jews Viewed _ Riitgers University Press has added another gem to its published worki with the third volume in: the series- "the World History of the Jewish People." Prof. Benjamin Mazar of the . Hebrew University, who was the editor of the second volume, con- finites the ' editing of the series. The late Prof. E. A. Speiser edited the fast volume. Volume XI also is already available. Dealing with "The Dark. Ages," its editor was the late Dr. Cecil Roth. Vohmie III is devoted to "Judges." Eminent scholars have joined in the preparation of this work. Prof. Nazar contributed the introdnctory chapter on "The Historical Development" and - - . is Nice rieal With :.; LATER, EVROLET 400 . TARD! liOW °pp/nice/11er YOUR FRIENDLY HARVARD ROW MERCHANTS wile Jacob Wig Shop Burseres Gal Charlene'., kw. David's Laskes . Shen alma Nair Fashion 1.,p.... 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OPEN SUNDAY 12 TO 5 ODDS & ENDS better HOSTESS theological theory.. but because of an independent fundamental ap- proach. It is an entity unto itself. However, in classifying it ac- cording to the standard types of religion, we must define it as monolatry, since it does not deny the existence of other gods in the Nov. 18 to Nov. 21 Friday, October 22, 1971-21 Denying ReSutrection - ANTIQUE SHOW rccf30 7.7b;11- "The Golden Core of Religion" ward which the ancient Hebrew by Alexander Skutch is a book expected from righteous living was about all faiths and the value of not heavenly bliss but earthly theologic philosophies. This Holt, prosperity, which included the be- Rinehart and Winston volume is getting of descendants who would intended, as the author states, for many generations benefit from "for those who care deeply about the merit of their godly ancestor." Another view of this non-Jewish the quality of life." It is the loving care that is in- author is that "the messianic hope spired by faith for neighbors, for to which the Jews clung through the world, in other words for hum- all their dreadful misfortunes was anity, and the author calls it the a vision of a purified and pacified earth rather than of a far-off "golden core." Dr. Skutch finds Judaism to be heaven." There also is this tribute: "throughout the biblical period, a religion of preservation rather "Probably no people has ever clung so tenaciously to the hope than of emancipation." The Chris- tian author's view is that "the re- of a redeemed world as the Jews, whose Canonical Bible contains only scattered, brief Israel's New Settlers references to immortality or By L. A. PINCUS resurrection." Chairman of the Executive of Dr. Skutch makes a related com- the World Zionist Organization ment: "Even as late as the time It is gratifying that ohm are of Christ, one powerful sect among now entering Israel at the rate of the Jews, the Sadducees, basing something like 50,000 a year, and their stand on the Canonical books that a very large proportion come of the Old Testament, denied the from the west. But we can, and soul's survival and the resurrec- should, do much better. It is grat- tion." P. S. ifying that several tens of thou- sands of youth come to Israel each Commit a sin twice and it will year to study or undertake vari- not seem to thee a crime. —Talmud. ous training courses. But- there is an untapped reservoir of hundreds of thousands of Jewish youth in the Diaspora, vast number at the universities—including many tens of thousands who have at one time or another experienced the rich- ness of life in Israel as tourists or volunteers or trainees. The potential is there. We need the will and the ability to develop OF HARVARD ROW it. two additional ones: "The Exodus and the Conquest" and "The - Philistines and Their Wats With Israel." Nine other scholars share in creating this immense - work de- voted to the "Judges" and cover- ing five books—Judges, Ruth, I and II Samuel and I and II Kings. There is an essay by the late Dr. Speiser who had written on "The . Manner of the King." Others whose essays round out the immense theme are Harry M. Orlinsky, J. Wiener, A. Malamat, Y. Aharoni, C. H. Gordon, J. Liver, I. Men- delsohn, S. E. L _ oewenstarnm. For students of the Bible and . the period of the Judges, this work serves to cover thoroughly the political, social and economic life of ancient Israel. The extensive annotations, the large bibliography. the maps, the photographs and figures of pottery and other mate- PROF-- BENIARID MAZAR rial that denotes the life of the prophet are under discussion time under review, all tend to and the noted scholar describes give emphasis to -a subject that "Divination as a Craft in the is endlessly under study. Ancient East." There is a continuity in the "Divination,'? Prof. - Orlinsky studies advanced here. Prof. Mazer states, "nowhere developed into points out in his review of the prophecy, no more-than polytheism Canaanite period: into monotheism, or, to give a Prof. Malamat proceeds to dis- more recent analogue, no more S Mrle cuss "The Egyptian Decline in than the guild system developed r.raph Canaan and the Sea-Peoples," and into trade unions. Divination was the reader continues his studies a common ancient Near Eastern chronologically. In this instance phenomenon; prophecy .is a uni- "the archives of Ugarit are a pri- quely Israelite phenomenon. The mary source of information." difference between divination and A sa To You: As the subject progresses, this prophecy, clearly received, en- rfi S Erin CE! immense study approaches the ables us to see how it is divina- subsequent theses, and in Orlin- tion, and not prophecy, that_fmds sky's essay the seer prigst and its parallels in the Mari and If ever man becomes proud, let other social structures and docu- ments in the Fertile Crescent of him remember that a gnat pre- ceded him in the divine order of old." The Israelite tribes, their social creation!—Tosefta, Sanhedrin 8:8. and economic developments, ex- pertly evaluated, add greatly to the knowledge that is acquired from these essays. Prof. Wiener's "The Religious Culture of the Jewish People" provides notable results of bibli- cal research on the question of Jewish monotheism and the place of Moses in the history of the 24 Personatned Shops COMPLETE Jewish faith. • Free Parking • Enclosed Mall Dr. Wiener explains that "Moses introduces the name of the deity. but he does not innovate the reli- gious idea itself." Defining the "ideational assumptions of those Israelite beliefs," he states: "The People were given a visible symbol of their eternal bond with God: the Ark of the Covenant in one of the great 11 Mile & Leiner and the early version of the Ten new looks from our Commandments, which undoubtedly exciting collection included only the special terms of dramatic, of the covenant, but not the gen- eral rules of morality. glamorous long gowns, "It is religion of the Covenant, different from the religious con- cents of the = idol-worshipers. 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