Word: hebrews
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...four scrolls are now the property of the Hebrew University at Jerusalem. Three others were destroyed by the finders before they realized their value...
...Brandeis' 247 freshmen and sophomores (the school will not graduate a class until 1952), there are broad basic courses labeled social science, natural science, and humanities, as well as a growing menu of electives, e.g., oral communication, Hebrew, a survey of style and structure in music. To teach his courses, President Sachar has assembled a faculty of 30 this year (up from 14 in 1948), including such lights as Novelist-Critic Ludwig Lewisohn and column-writing Political Scientist Max Lerner. Says Sachar: "We want to make certain of having some star in each area. I tell students...
...Miriam (Hebrew for Mary) is a gentle, devout girl whose life has been spent in the peaceful town of Nazareth, feeding the animals, drawing the water for the family, tending the vegetable garden, pressing oil for the lamps, learning how to pound spices. Wild animals are tame in her presence; the fawn and the doe approach her fearlessly. And, like many a daughter in Israel, she dreams of one day bearing the child who will grow up to be the King-Messiah...
...Yale's American School of Oriental Research, scholars' eyes popped as the examination progressed: the ancient Hebrew manuscripts, written in Aramaic, appeared to be Old Testament writings dating back more than 2,000 years to the 2nd Century B.C. If the estimate was right, the scrolls were the world's oldest texts from biblical times...
...other four were bought by the Hebrew University of Jerusalem...