Johnny Asia
2011-12-23 16:47:09 UTC
10/09/03 The British have had a long-term fascination with the idea
of Israel and its central role in biblical prophecy that dates back to
their earliest recorded literature. The Epistle of Gildas (circa. 6th
century AD) and the Venerable Bedes Ecclesiastical History (735 AD)
both saw the British as the new Israel, Gods chosen people, who
were destined to play a strategic role despite repeated invasions by
their Nordic neighbors. In the British perception of being an elect,
these battles were understood in the context of Israels battles
against the Philistines, Babylonians and others.
A clear resurgence of such themes was evident in the 16th century,
perhaps influenced by the Protestant Reformation and its emphasis on
the Bible and varied interpretations of its texts, now that Rome had
lost its control over the new clergy and theologians. One of the early
expressions of fascination with the idea of Israel was the monograph
Apocalypsis Apocalypseos, written by Anglican clergyman Thomas
Brightman in 1585. Brightman urged the British people to support the
return of the Jews to Palestine in order to hasten a series of
prophetic events that would culminate in the return of Jesus.
BY Donald Wagner, professor of religion and Middle Eastern studies
at North Park University in Chicago and executive director of the
Center for Middle Eastern Studies.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article4959.htm
A Flag Is Born, by Hollywood screenwriter Ben Hecht was a play
promoting the creation of a Jewish State in the ancient land of
Israel. It opened on Broadway on September 4, 1946.
"'A Flag is Born' is not ordinary theatre. It was not written to amuse
or beguile. 'A Flag is Born' was written to make money--to make money
to provide ships to get Hebrews to Palestine ... and [to] arouse
American public opinion to support the fight for freedom and
independence now being waged by the resistance in Palestine."
Ben Hecht: ( A ZIONIST) "the" Hollywood screenwriter, someone who
"personified Hollywood itself." The Dictionary of Literary Biography -
American Screenwriters calls him "one of the most successful
screenwriters in the history of motion pictures."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Flag_is_Born
New Torah For Modern Minds
By MICHAEL MASSING
Published: March 09, 2002S
Abraham, the Jewish patriarch, probably never existed. Nor did Moses.
The entire Exodus story as recounted in the Bible probably never
occurred. The same is true of the tumbling of the walls of Jericho.
And David, far from being the fearless king who built Jerusalem into a
mighty capital, was more likely a provincial leader whose reputation
was later magnified to provide a rallying point for a fledgling
nation.
Rabbi Wolpe frankly said that ''virtually every modern archaeologist''
agrees ''that the way the Bible describes the Exodus is not the way
that it happened, if it happened at all.'' The rabbi offered what he
called a ''litany of disillusion'' about the narrative, including
contradictions, improbabilities, chronological lapses and the absence
of corroborating evidence. In fact, he said, archaeologists digging in
the Sinai have ''found no trace of the tribes of Israel -- not one
shard of pottery.''
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/09/books/new-torah-for-modern-minds.html?pagewanted=all
of Israel and its central role in biblical prophecy that dates back to
their earliest recorded literature. The Epistle of Gildas (circa. 6th
century AD) and the Venerable Bedes Ecclesiastical History (735 AD)
both saw the British as the new Israel, Gods chosen people, who
were destined to play a strategic role despite repeated invasions by
their Nordic neighbors. In the British perception of being an elect,
these battles were understood in the context of Israels battles
against the Philistines, Babylonians and others.
A clear resurgence of such themes was evident in the 16th century,
perhaps influenced by the Protestant Reformation and its emphasis on
the Bible and varied interpretations of its texts, now that Rome had
lost its control over the new clergy and theologians. One of the early
expressions of fascination with the idea of Israel was the monograph
Apocalypsis Apocalypseos, written by Anglican clergyman Thomas
Brightman in 1585. Brightman urged the British people to support the
return of the Jews to Palestine in order to hasten a series of
prophetic events that would culminate in the return of Jesus.
BY Donald Wagner, professor of religion and Middle Eastern studies
at North Park University in Chicago and executive director of the
Center for Middle Eastern Studies.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article4959.htm
A Flag Is Born, by Hollywood screenwriter Ben Hecht was a play
promoting the creation of a Jewish State in the ancient land of
Israel. It opened on Broadway on September 4, 1946.
"'A Flag is Born' is not ordinary theatre. It was not written to amuse
or beguile. 'A Flag is Born' was written to make money--to make money
to provide ships to get Hebrews to Palestine ... and [to] arouse
American public opinion to support the fight for freedom and
independence now being waged by the resistance in Palestine."
Ben Hecht: ( A ZIONIST) "the" Hollywood screenwriter, someone who
"personified Hollywood itself." The Dictionary of Literary Biography -
American Screenwriters calls him "one of the most successful
screenwriters in the history of motion pictures."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Flag_is_Born
New Torah For Modern Minds
By MICHAEL MASSING
Published: March 09, 2002S
Abraham, the Jewish patriarch, probably never existed. Nor did Moses.
The entire Exodus story as recounted in the Bible probably never
occurred. The same is true of the tumbling of the walls of Jericho.
And David, far from being the fearless king who built Jerusalem into a
mighty capital, was more likely a provincial leader whose reputation
was later magnified to provide a rallying point for a fledgling
nation.
Rabbi Wolpe frankly said that ''virtually every modern archaeologist''
agrees ''that the way the Bible describes the Exodus is not the way
that it happened, if it happened at all.'' The rabbi offered what he
called a ''litany of disillusion'' about the narrative, including
contradictions, improbabilities, chronological lapses and the absence
of corroborating evidence. In fact, he said, archaeologists digging in
the Sinai have ''found no trace of the tribes of Israel -- not one
shard of pottery.''
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/09/books/new-torah-for-modern-minds.html?pagewanted=all