OLD HEBREW WAR HISTORY FOUND

Grey River Argus, 22 August 1949, Page 3

OLD HEBREW WAR HISTORY FOUND

LONDON, Aug. 19. Among the Old Testament scrolls found in a cave near Jericho was i hitherto unknown book ,which contained a fascinating account of ancient wars. The American authorities hay< christened the book “The War of th children of Darkness and the Children of Light.” . A , x . The Chief Curator of Antiquities ■f the Hashimite Kingdom, Mi G. Lankaster Harding, said the book may be an account of an actual war involving an unknown Jewish see perhaps the Essens. The book described the arrangement of the armed forces of the time. It indicated that they were di vided into age groups, each with its own banner. A trumpet call heralded each separate phase of the battle. Mr Harding said it was now established that some of the scrolls predated by about 1200 years the tex on which the present Old Testament was based. The newly-found scrolls bnrp n Close resemblance to the pre-sent-day Scriptures.