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The Land That Time Forgot
Think the Bible is just fiction? An archaeologist says
it's all a question of timing.
ELIZABETH APPLEBAUM ASSOCIATE EDITOR
y
ou've got to admire a pub-
lisher that puts its own re-
view (and wow, what a
surprise, it's positively
glowing!) on the cover of a book.
"Outrageous, entertaining, un-
forgettable, bold, serious, fun and
creative!" reads a review by DLZ
Media of the new The Stars of
David: Volume One, edited by
D.J. Kessler and published by
DT,Z Media.
If the review doesn't capture
your imagination, the subject of
the book certainly will. It's Jew-
ish science fiction.
The book features
two stories, "Can An-
droids Be Jewish?"
by Joe Sampliner
and "Miriam's
World" by Sol Weiss.
The first is the tale of
a professor who
agrees to oversee a
mining outpost run
by thousands of an-
droids — all of whom
have converted to
Judaism. "Miriam's
World" takes readers to a future
battle between aliens and the Is-
raeli frontier.
It's fun reading, even for those
of us who have yet to understand
the obsession with any of the myr-
iad versions of "Star Trek" (and
yes, we already know William
Shatner and Leonard Nimoy are
both Jewish). For where else but
in a Jewish science fiction book
could you come across an android
worldly enough to know about
bagels and lox?
family's meal at the universe-fa-
mous (in a piece like this, "world-
famous" just doesn't cut it)
Goldfarb's Deli.
The Stars of David costs $18
plus $3 postage and handling and
may be ordered through DLZ Me-
dia, P.O. Box 10187, Eugene, Ore.,
97440. VISA/MasterCard orders
may call 1-800-497-7568.
ou want proof? David M.
Rohl has proof.
Mr. Rohl is an archae-
ologist who uses the tools
of his trade to prove the truth of
the Bible.
Some historical
scholars, he says,
have tended to re-
gard the Bible as fic-
tion. He quotes
Professor Thomas
Thompson of Copen-
hagen University,
"one of the leading
authorities on mat-
ters biblical," as say-
ing it would be a
"complete waste of
time" to even con-
sider proving the Bible is true.
"What lies behind this jaun-
diced opinion of the Bible as his-
tory?" Mr. Rohl asks. The issue is
archaeological excavations, which
"have produced no tangible evi-
dence to demonstrate the histori-
cal veracity of the early biblical
narratives."
But perhaps the problem lies
not in the history but with the ar-
chaeologists themselves.
In Pharaohs
y
able to properly locate pieces of
history?
Mr. Rohl's work is a scholarly
investigation — not easy, but cer-
tainly rewarding reading. Using
his new historical chronology, the
author believes he has found such
treasures as King Saul's letters
and Jacob's home. Especially fas-
cinating is his chapter tracing the
life of Joseph.
Mr. Rohl even provides a mod-
el that shows Joseph's palace at
Tell ed-Daba in Egypt. It features
a huge courtyard, a dressing room,
a pair of apartments (perhaps for
his two sons?), and a wardrobe
where Joseph would have kept his
coat of many colors.
O
f Societies Perfect and
Imperfect (Sepher-Her-
mon Press), by Rabbi Beza-
lel Naor, is a collection of
selected readings on the works of
Rabbi Avraham Kook, first Ashke-
nazi chief rabbi of Israel.
The book contains two essays
focusing on diverse societies. In
the first, Rav Kook discusses the
ancient ceremony of bringing the
first fruits to the Temple. In the
second, the "imperfect society," he
considers Rabbi Shimon ben
Yochai (who spent 13 years hid-
ing in a cave), Roman rule and the
human condition.
New for children, When I Left
My Village (Dial), by Maxine
Rose Schur, with pictures by Bri-
an Pinkney, is the story of an
Ethiopian Jewish boy's journey to
Israel.
He is from the
and Kings: A
Gondar province,
The service androids immedi- Biblical Quest
where homes have
ately came to life. One of them (Crown), Mr. Rohl
thatched roofs and
walked towards the door and finds proof for the
Jews are referred
stopped. Service android Number existence of Joseph,
to as "falashas,"
Eleven turned and asked, 'Would Moses, Joshua,
strangers.
you like the usual assortment of Saul and David. His
His father is a
fruits, bagels, and smoked fish to- first step was re-
blacksmith.
day?" (From "Can Androids Be designing the time
When a new
Jewish?")
line by which bibli-
government comes
Or, how about a commander cal events are dat-
to power, the fam-
named Yitzhak and a "Manivitz ed.
ily decides it is
wine" from "Negev Three"? And
Many scholars
time to leave. "We
gee, who wouldn't fall in love with have had a rather
are going to Israel,
an android (what is an android, haphazard ap-
the land of the
anyway?) who says "boychik"?
proach to dating saac blesses Jacob: Did
Jews," the father
You've got to admire a book events BCE, the historians get the dates all wrong? says. "The place C
that has a sense of humor about author argues.
where we can be
itself
They have set years for historical free."
Editor D.J. Kessler is not a na- occurrences based on the regnal
The book continues with the
tive of Planet Xenon, in case you years, or years of a ruling king. family's perilous journey and ends
were wondering. He lives in Eu- But they failed to consider such with their first month in Israel.
gene, Ore., where he is a member issues as co-regency (when a king Everything is different: the food,
of Temple Beth Israel and the fa- appoints a relative to serve with the way everyone eats, the lan-
ther of three humanoid children. him) or interregna, periods when guage. And then, at last, the boy
Volume II in his series, to be pub- no king was serving, Mr. Rohl begins to play with a friend.
lished this April, will include "A says. The result has been a flawed
This delightful story is accom-
Time Traveling Kibitzer" and system for dating, so is it any won- panied by beautiful black-and-
"Food for Thought," all about a der archaeologists have been un- white illustrations by Brian
.