Pra.- SoIOnioi Zeiflin Asserts Apology Is Due
From Graham for Explanation of Crucifixion
(Continued from page 1) I erybody else. If he does not Anti-Defamation League for ( Romans" (Ant. xii, v. 4; xx,
Rev. Graham should apolo- accept Jesus as his savior, he
gize to the Jewish people for ! cannot be right with God.' "
his uncalled-for statement. I Rev. G r a h a m, in re-
The commendation by Dr.1 sponse to the question, "Why
Tanenbaum, published in last the Romans employed cruci-
week's Jewish News con- fixion?", in his syndicated
ders and circumcized their
tamed a closing paragraph column, replied in part: Cru- Ni rote to Dann, stating:
"For your information, the children. In xx, vi, 2 is stated
quoting another statement, cifixion was rarely used by
Jewish Encyclopedia article that Quadratus the governor
from the American Jewish the Hebrews."
When Dann raised the under the title 'Crucifixion' of Syria crucified Samaritans
Congress, chargin g that a
film, "A Time to Run," as issue as to the validity of this makes mention of the fact and Jews while in BJ, I, iv, 6
making "an overt attempt at reply, Robert A. Feather- that the historian Josephus, Josephus gives the account. of
religious proselytization. Im- stone; executive assistant of who lived during the period Alexander Jannaeus who cru-
mediately upon the article's the Billy Graham Evangelis- of the destruction of the Tem- cified his own fellow Jews.
appearance, Ken Wade , a tic Association, replying in ple in the years 69-70, refers From the three references to
leader in the Christian Bible Graham's absence gave these to the fact that the Jewish Josephus given in the Inter-
Student movement here, sources in the Evangelist's king, Alexander Yannai, had national Standard Bible En-
called The Jewish News to behalf: 800 Pharisees (800) crucified, cyclopedia, the reader could
Britannica E n c yclopedia, although he adds that this infer that the Jews employed
point to the inconsistency in
the article, charging that "A Vol. 6, Page 825: "Crucifix- act of cruelty was in imita- crucifixion as a mode of cap-
Time to Run" is a Billy Gra- ion . . . was an important tion of Gentile usage."
ital punishment. This is to-
method of capital punish-
ham-produced film.
The
Jewish
News
turned
to
tally
wrong.
Wade suggested that it ment particularly among the the world's outstanding au-
"I believe that the Rev.
Persians,
Seleucids,
Jews
would be proper for Jews to
Billy Graham owes it to the
thority on that era in Jew Billy
and Romans • ish
challenge Graham's evangel. u
history and the Second
p
to
Constantine
I,
w,
o
ism. In view of Graham's ad-
"There are also some inac-
Commonwealth — Prof. Sol-
vocacy that "unless Jesus abolished it."
curacies
in the article "cru-
omon
Zeitlin—for
an
explan-
International Standard Bi- ation.
Christ is accepted in this life
1
cifixion"
which appears in
those who do not accept are ble Encyclopedia, Vol. II,
We are indebted to Dr. the Encyclopedia Judaica.
page
761:
"Crucifixion
was
doomed to be tormented in
"Felix crucified not only
Zeldin for the following:
Hell"—th:s is from Wade's familiar to the Greeks, Ro-
"In
the
San
Diego
Union
of
Zealots and rebels but also
comment — Wade suggests ' mans, Egyptians, Persians
citizens suspected of collabo-
and
Babylonians
.
.
.
The
that Jews should ask
rating with them. (Wars, 2,
Graham: "If Jews in this life Jews received this form of
2553)." The Zealots as a
from the Syrians
do not accept Jesus Christ as punishment
and the Romans." "Would you tell me why the group came into the histori-
their savior and messiah, do
Jewish News turned Romans employed crucifbc- cal arena long after the time
you insist that they can get to The
the
new Encyclopedia Ju- ion as a form of capital pun- of
. Felix in 66. Josephus men-
no salvation after death?"
tions for the first time Zea-
daica to find the following, ishment?" The answer was lots as a group in Wars
This protest by a devout Vol. V, page 1134:
II,
given by him was Crucifixion
xxii, 1 (651). Again Josephus
Christian against the Billy
,, . . . Josephus also re- was rarely used by the He- also
reports crucifixions at
Graham role assumes added
crucifixions at the brews. The word rare has the the hands of the Jewish King
importance in the "Jews and ports
hands of the Jewish king Al- conotation of uncommon, oc- Alexander Yannai added that
Jesus" essay in this week's exander Yannai, adding that curing far apart in time. Thus this act of cruelty was an im-
N ewsweek which contains
this act of cruelty was an im- the Rev. Graham stated that mitation of gentile usage.
this paragraph:
itation of gentile usage. the Jews applied crucifixion There is no addition given by
"Although Graham is not While
he and his concubines as a form of capital punish- Josephus."
personally involved in Key 73, were carousing, he ordered ment from time to time. This
any change in his attitude 800 Pharisees to be crucified statement is both unwarrant-
toward convertingJewsl and their wives and children ed and historically wrong. Even 9-Year-Olds
would certainly affect morale killed before their eyes (Ant., The Jews neve?! employed
within the crusade. "Billy 13:380-1), an atrocity said to crucifixion as a form of capi- Study at Bar-Han
would never accept a two- be alluded to in the Qumran tal punishment. Jewish law
RAMAT GAN, Israel — A
covenant theor•,' insists the commentary on the Book of never permitted crucifixion. number
of gifted children,
Rev. John Streeter, a close
the youngest 9- years old,
friend of Graham and the
are currently receiving spe-
Baptist head of Key 73 opera-
cial
instruction in the faculty
tions in the San Francisco
of natural sciences and
area. 'A Jew is just like ev-
mathematics at Bar-Ilan Uni-
versity here. The special
program, now in its fifth
year, is sponsored jointly by
CARL NOSANCHW(
Bar-Ilan and the Israel
Registered Representative
ministry of education.
Individual & Corporate Tax Returns
According to Dr. Meir
$ 1 5 & Up
Perl,
of Bar-Ilan's depart-
Call 557-2643
ment of biochemistry, who is
in charge of the project, its
aim is not to turn the gifted
youngsters into scientists,
but to prepare them for
more intelligent car e e r
choices later in life. So pop-
ular has the program be-
come, he notes, that only
half of those who apply an-
nually can be accepted.
In the math program,
which is under the direction
of Dr. Isaac Tzkoni, the
younger students are taught
higher mathematics, but in
language suited to their age
illm ■ ieirdzieset
level.
TAX RETURNS
8—Friday, March 16, 1973
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Chief Rabbi Demands Laws
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