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...Supreme Court Justice Shneor Cheshin read each question, Amos Hacham would painfully draw himself up, holding his breath, his body rigid. Then the answer would come suddenly, in a harsh, monotonous cry. He missed scarcely a question. When it was over, Amos was hands-down winner of the first prize - a grey-green, 2,000-year-old glass vase from a tomb at Beth Shearim. Runner-up was France's Simone Dumont, Baptist teacher and a publisher of children's books, who won an ancient silver shekel. Third prize, a gold coin commemorating the tenth anniversary of Israel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: The Big Bible Battle | 9/1/1958 | See Source »

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