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Vi April 6, 1956
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AT HOME IN ISRAEL WITH ANITA ENGLE
Earthquake in Lebanon
About three months ago I was
at the Kupath Holim (the Sick
Fund Clinic), when the doctors
mentioned an interesting item in
that morning’s paper. Someone
had forseen an earthquake in our
part of the world, which would
bring great damage to Egypt and
other Arab countries.
Since I have
my 11-year-old
son Jonathan’s
simple faith
that God keeps
special watch
over the Jews
in the Holy
Land, this
seemed to me
a very sensible and logical way
out of the political impasse which
the earthly Powers have shown
such reluctance to deal with.
The doctor gave me a shot in
the arm, and asked me to wait
outside. I fished out my little
copy of the Apocrypha, which al
ways comes to Kupath Holim ses
sions with me, and opened it at
random. The back fell open at
Esdras II, Chapter XV, and these
words stared out at me.
‘‘Let Egypt • mourn, and the
foundations thereof, for the plague
of the chastisement and the pun
ishment that God shall bring up
on it. Let the husbandmen that
till the ground mourn; for their
seeds shall fail and their trees
shall be laid waste through the
blasting and the hail, and a ter
rible star.
“Woe to the world and to them
that dwell therein! For the sword
of their destruction draweth nigh,
and nation shall rise up against
nation to battle with weapons in
their hands. For there shall be
sedition among men; and waxing
strong one against another.
“Behold, said God, I will call
together all the kings of the earth
to stir up them that are from the
rising of the sun, from the south,
from the east, and Libanus; to
turn themselves one against an
other, and repay the things that,
they have done to them. Like as
they do yet this day unto my
chosen, so will I do also, and
recompense in their bosom.
“Thus said the Lord God: My
sword shall not cease over them
that shed innocent blood upon
the earth.”
For pages Esdras pours out
prophecies of what is to come,
with an intensity and realism far
surpassing eye-witness accounts
of Hiroshima. What brought Hi-
rohima so strikingly to mind was
the “terrible star” which kept*ap
pearing, bringing in its wake
death and destruction.
I wish I had space to quote in
full the section beginning, “Be
hold a vision horrible, and the ap
pearance thereof from the East.”
The Jewish scribe living in Israel
some 2,400 years ago gives an
analysis of the international sit
uation that makes the prophesy
ing Alsopp brothers look like
backwoodsmen.
I left the Kupath Holim with
my head swimming, but with the
fullest confidence that the decis
ive earthquake was only a matter
of days.
I waited, but nothing happened.
The episode began to fade. A
couple of Fridays ago (Mch. 16th),
' we were exhausted, and went to
sleep early. We were awakened
at 9::45 p.m. by the dog’s dish
out in the front being shoved
around and around and around,
until we began to get really an
noyed with him.
“Surely he should be asleep at
this time of the night,” I said
to my husband.
“I wish you’d stop shaking the
bed,” he answered. I had been
aware that the foot of the bed
was shaking, but had thought it
was my husband wriggling his
feet.
“I’m not shaking the bed,” I
Hebrew University Scholars Reveal
Contents of Dead Sea Scroll
JERUSALEM, (JTA) — The
contents of the last of the seven
Dead Sea scrolls, heretofore
known as the “Book of Lamech,”
was made public here at a press
conference by Dr. Kigal Yadin,
noted archaeologist and Dr. Ben
jamin Mazar, president of the He
brew University, which acquired
the ancient scroll last year through
the generosity of S. D. Gottes-
man an American Jewish philan
thropist, and with the aid of the
American Fund for Israel Insti
tutions. •
The part of the old scroll that
has been deciphered shows it to
be an Aramic version of several
chapters of the Book of Genesis
interwoven with stories and leg
ends around the lives of the Pa
triarchs, Dr. Yadin revealed. De
spite the poor condition of the
scroll, patient and painstaking
work saved it, and in spite of the
complete decay of most of the
writing on the outer and inner
pages of the innermost part of the
scroll has been preserved in ex
cellent condition, Prof. Yadin said.
The University now has four com
plete pages on which only a num
ber of lines or single words
are left, besides a number of
pages which are completely ille
gible.
The last three complete pages
deal with Sarah, the wife of the
told him. Then it dawned on me.
It must be the earthquake!
We lay in absolutely stunned
silence. Neither of us had ever
experienced an earth tremor be
fore. And as far as I was con
cerned, this was the prophecy.
We woke up too late the next
morning to hear the news, and
had to wait until 1 o’clock for the
next broadcast. It came as an anti
climax to hear that the quake
had been in the Lebanon. As Jon
athan exclaimed: “Why the Le-
banQn? They’re not like the Sy
rians and the Egyptians. They
want to be friendly with us!”
Well, earthquake or no earth
quake, I’m still putting my faith
in Esdras* prophecy. He only un
derlines what all straight-think
ing and experienced people know
today: That those who loose
swords against Israel are prepar
ing weapons which will be turn
ed against themselves, and even
tually will end in world destruc
tion.
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IT ROLLICKS LIKE pmm '.. IT FROUCS LIKE'
Patriarch Abraham, and contain
descriptions of Sarah’s beauty.
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departure from Sodom and con
tains a rich and original descrip
tion of the topography of the ax-
rea. A third story in the scroll
deals with the war of the five
kings and contains a vivid descrip
tion together with full names and
descriptions which differ from
previous versions.
$1,500 Prize Painting
BIRMINGHAM (JTA) — Sam
uel Bookatz, Washington, D. C.
artist, has been awarded the
$1500 first prize at national Cot
ton Festival art show here, for
his oil painting, “Cotton Har
vest.”
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