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...Temple if its site was ever retaken, if a leader descended from David could be found, and if the enemies of Judaism were destroyed. Since Maimonides' time, however, most rabbis have gloomily concluded that the restoration of the Temple would have to wait until the coming of the Messiah. In line with that reasoning, the chief rabbinate of Israel issued a warning after the capture of Jordanian Jerusalem that no Jew should step inside the Temple area...
Real Cohens. Whether or not the building of a new Temple should wait until the Messiah arrives, Jewish theology presents several obstacles to its construction. For one thing, the Law requires that the Temple be administered by Cohens (priests), who are the descendants of Moses' brother Aaron. Yet so many nonpriestly Jews have assumed the name Cohen that rabbinical experts would face a legal nightmare in trying to trace authentic genealogies. For another, the Torah specifies that Temple ritual include daily animal sacrifices-a concept alien to the humane sensitivities of most modern Jews. An even greater obstacle...
HANDEL: THE MESSIAH (Angel; 3 LPs). There are fine readings of Handel's greatest work for every taste, most recently the beautifully sung, small-scale version conducted by Colin Davis, who scrupulously observed the spirit of baroque musical convention. Nevertheless, this newest entry is even more faithful to the composer and serves as a good introduction to the sensitive baton of Charles Mackerass, an Australian-trained conductor steeped in 18th century lore. His soloists (including Janet Baker and Elizabeth Harwood) do not equal those of the Davis recording; but this is a wonderfully stirring performance, astringent with a heavy...
BELL TELEPHONE HOUR (NBC, 6:30-7:30 p.m.). "An Easter Greeting: Selections from Handel's Messiah,'" performed by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, featuring Soprano Phyllis Curtin, Contralto Maureen Forrester and Tenor Richard Lewis from the Red Rocks Amphitheater near Denver...
...departure of the gold standard, the proliferation of alphabetical emollient agencies - the AAA, the CCC, the SEC, the WPA, the NRA - had done more than restore public confidence. In Roosevelt's mind, Moley says, the relative success of these measures supported the conviction that he was a political messiah, the only man who could conduct the country to its rendezvous with destiny...