Word: israell
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Across the border, Israel announced that it "viewed with concern" the doings in Jordan but would stay free of them so long as they remained internal. Israel, in fact, has a considerable responsibility for Jordan's turmoil: the most tumultuous of Jordan's agitators come from half a million Palestine refugees driven from their own country who now form a restless and disaffected overload on Jordan's desert economy. Another who bears responsibility is Egypt's Nasser, whose hate-filled Radio Cairo outpourings and political intrigue have inflamed the refugee-camp centers. In this chaotic situation...
...whole produced remarkably good intonation and tone quality. It is not surprising that the chorus was not quite up to the caliber of the orchestra since the singers were all freshmen. An unfortunate case of extreme flatting occured in the course of the woman's chorus "Suscepit Israel...
When did this happen? One possible answer centers around a foreign invader of Israel characterized by the scrolls as the Kittim. It would obviously make a considerable difference whether this term meant the Syrians (who dominated Israel from 198 B.C. to 141 B.C.) or the Romans (from 63 B.C. on). This one problem provides a perfect example of the kind of puzzle the scroll scholars are up against. The Kittim, according to the scrolls, are "swift and men of valor in battle." go "over smooth ground" and "trample the earth with their horses and with their animals; and from afar...
...world, and though he attacked the Scribes and Pharisees as "generation of vipers" and worse, he seems not to have mentioned the Essenes at all. But on the other hand, John broke sharply with the Essene tradition in preaching the coming kingdom to the whole people of Israel, instead of withdrawing from the world like the Essenes to prepare his private salvation...
...guidance. They may write a novel or produce a volume of poems, pursue such topics as "William Wordsworth's Metrical Forms" or "Development of the Hero in Dostoevsky's Novels. " Though the Yale library is their chief haunt, they have carried on research everywhere from Washington to Israel to Tunisia...