Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-10-25
CREED OF ISRAEL AND OF
CHRISTIANS.
Reply TO Rabbi Tuska's Third
Article.

In Rabbi Tusks's first publication in tn
APPEAL is the following startling state
ment: "Gs through the Hebrew Scrip
lures from Genesis TO Malachi and yOI
will not find anywhere q law enjOiniDs
or enforcing belief. The fact is the He
brew language as preserved in Holy
Writ has not even 3 word expressing tht
idea commonly conveyed by the wore
faith or belief as found In the
Christian creed"
To this l joined issue and showed thaf
"dnldn" ia almost invariably translated
faith or belief by the seveniy-three re
nowned Jewish scholars, selected by the
High Priest at the request of ftOleny
All the passages cited are passed IN.
noticed by Rabbi Tusks, except three.
LIST. Genesis, los. civ. He says a ref.
ereDce to the original would have shown
DR.. +. that h'aminn is followed by beth,
and should be translated trusted in
God-not "believed God.n L have only
to add that it is no pretension Ia me to
prefer the authority of the seventy and
all other authorities within my reach to
Rabbi TuskR.
I'd. Exodus, Ice. 19v., where Gcd said
he would appear In q thick cloud" that
the people " may hear and believe thee, -
(MO5es.l Rabbi Tuska does not meet this,
but gives IL as an instance Of my attempt
tn teach q Rabbi Hebrew, saying, "Df.
T. translated 'yd-GTninni shall be
caused to believe in the passive voice,
when the very tyro In Hebrew Gram
mai would tell him it is IN 'Hiphil,' and
must be in the active, not passive VOtce."
Now it is not q fset that 1 translated it
at all. 1 simply gave the literal mean
sn1 II 70 MT a faGt nron If a tronal0-
ton, that caused to believe ia passive.
To believe is active-to be believed in IL
passive. I It's not q fact that ''yd dn1inan
is merely octive, as Rabbi Tuska seems
to think. 1t Is more-it is c~auSative. 1
must be permitted to say, with all mod
esty, that when a very tyro in Hebrew
grammar, in my early boyhood, l was
taught by q master of Hebrew that the
word Ia the conjugatioD, "Kdt" IL, he
believes "Mph0t,r he is believed In,
" RiphI," he causes to believe. In this
latter copjugstion is the word found In
the passage under consideration and
the meaning literally is, that the APP
pearance of the cloud and the uttersnce
Of the voice should result in the people
believing in Moses forever-they should
be caused to believe. This small criti-
cism does not touch my argument.
Were / inclined to retort I might ask
Inc oshhi his authority for using the
language " from Genesis to DI@..c
when speaking Of the Jewish Scrip
ture? IA tyro in Hebrew would tell
him" that Chronicles, not Malachi,
comes last in that sacred volume.
Sd. Habbakuk :, 4: 1.-THE just shall live
by faith" Rabbi Tuska intimates that
=, 2sN-Ns-, 49,. H. Hznn"nnn RahhT
Kemchi is incorrect and must be second
hand. Why? Because Kemchi says
the Just refers to those Jews who
returned from Babylon" Isaid nothing
about the word Just, or to whom it re-
It was faith by which the Just
live. Rabbi Tuska evades 1t by intro
ducing another question altogether. But
my citation from Kemchi was correct.
Those quaint and curious volumes
forgotten loTe-the "AikTah Giso-
lab T" and BuxtoTf's Lexicon Of the Tar
gums, are before me. Kemchi says,
1.-THE righteous lives by his faith"
Enaoond In pest biblical literature alwsys
gaming fsith and nothing but faith,
Samuel says, 81 Chronicles 20, 20, BE
Iieve in the Lord your God so Bhall ye
be established; believe in his prophets
20 shall We prosper" But Rabbi Tusks
says there is no law enforcing or eDjoin-
belief. Is he right or wrong?
The change OF terms, that amen does
not mean faith but cOntfie, does not
the fact. To contide in is to be-
Iieve 10, to have faith in. II, then, there
il word in the Hebrew Scriptures on
the idea OF contde tn, then there
a word which conveys the idea OF faith
Dr. belief, which, however, Rabbi Tuska
denied in his discourse. That the pas
quoted from Daniel was Chaldee,
/ was fully aware; but that the word
Is derived from the Hebrew,
SHhi Tuska must know. But my srgu-
nent is, "a ~:~airScle Is recorded m Dan
Ell - it is called mlsterG;'Hh. mystery
But Daniel is part of the Hebrew S--'..n-
lures-Israeps creed therefore, there are
mysteries in Isrsel's creed, Rabbi Tuska
md DR.. Wise to the contrary natWith-
landing.
A comparison OF DR.. Wise with Vol
aire IS 8 seofer, / did not intend. But,
Ike Hume, he denies miracles as re-
In the Odd Testament. / had
bis Essence OF Judaism" and
sac n it the language used by Rabbi
,uno here are 40 miracles in IsrsePs
USES, .~NeY can be accounted for"
Tus,1A, ION seieBtifc pTinci-
sys na M scisn,,e which can account
!, 9 incensed burnlcg 9nsn, Ior Ihe
,ynirp az rivers into blooo, 'of q pa,iII
4 FIRE su,,t1ing the muitiIude< Futousu
he Red ses. such a science IS mysssy
Z mysteries, degrading Q gres.er enoL.
( faith than any nstraS'e III
r Christian Scriptures.
In conclusion, 1 repeat what x
ressed In my first article, n iurtnei
hat the Jewish people in all their gSsao
Id history, in all their noble enduranoes,
q all their unqusnched faith in q future
ocal nationality, and especially In their
ommemorstion on the banks OF the
Mississippi, of wonders enacted thous-
Inds of ages back or the Nile and the
Euphrstes, command my profound re.
pect and present o myIiad-voiced and
miraculous proof that the writings 4
Noses and the prophets are true.
WE HAVE sEEN q letter to Mr.. J. G.
General Freight Agent Memphis
md Charleston Railroad, from @. Il.
Evans, General Eastern Agent OF the
D1roiniG and Tennessee dir Line, which
,learly shows thst the Air Line is In 8
condition to transport cotton and other
more speedily, with greater
Isfety, and In less time than any other
quite. The railroads comprising this
inc certainly deserve great credit for
heir energy and perseverance; each road
las furnished a number Of cars for the
through business, in addition to their
.egular freight cars, and cotton will be
,arried from Memphis to the principal
Eastern cities, with but handling at
Norfolk, as the cars 90 Through locked to
nt. Igr& hoa IN Nauu Work