Word: notes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Students of the period note that first century authors--Pliny the Elder, Philo and Jesephus,--describe the Essenes in terms which well fit the Qumran community. Archeologists believe that the settlement was the center of Essene life. The people probably lived communally while establishing their great library, and apparently washed, or were baptized daily, as evidenced by many aquaducts and a lavatory which were unearthed in the excavation. Their leader was a prophet, "The Teacher of Righteousness...
...harsh note sounded from the old Raj when Britain's new Archbishop of York, Dr. Arthur M. Ramsey (TIME, Jan. 16), wrote in Durham's diocesan magazine that Billy Graham "taught the grossest doctrines and flung his formula, 'the Bible says,' over teaching which is emphatically not that of the Bible." Said Billy: "I have the highest personal regard for the archbishop...
...progress, the World Council of Churches met in Sydney, Australia, to weigh a similar subject: Christianity's plans and strategy for Southeast Asia. In the night sky, during the meeting, big searchlights formed a luminous cross, but the council's mood was less glowing. A note almost of supplication toward Asians and of stern self-criticism were evident. Said Yale's Dean Listen Pope: "Divided and rent asunder in its own life, the church itself speaks in broken accents and sometimes seems to add to the confusion of tongues. The nations of the world might understandably reply...
...recently decided that it had just the right reviewer for this book: famed patriarch of Boston pols, ex-Mayor James Michael Curley. When he agreed, the paper mailed him a check along with the review copy. Back came the book and check in a few days, with a curt note from the doughty octogenarian: "The matter is in the hands of my attorneys." Reason for his indignation: a strong resemblance between the book's hero, Frank Skeffington, and James Michael Curley. Asked if he considered Skeffington to be a portrait of himself, Curley snapped: "No question about...
Basic Equipment. In Arkansas City, Kansas, police booked Lawrence Schulte after they picked him up for parole violation, found in his pocket a note: "Hand over all the money you have because I have...