Jewish Scholar Goes to Russia to Study Josephus’ Text of Jesus

(Jewish Daily Bulletin)

Prof Solomon Zeitlin, profession of ancient history at Dropsie College, Philadelphia, left Paris for Russia to day at the request of European scholars, to clear up the mystery of the Slavonic version of Josephus’ “Jewish Wars,” translated from the original Aramaic, which is supposed to be extant in Russia and to prove that Josephus mentioned Jesus of Nazareth in his original text.

Prof, Zeitlin, who knows the old Russian language, will see the original Slavonic text, the exact location of which the Russian are keeping secret, and be able to tell whether it is a translation from Aramaic or a modern fake. Before leaving here, he said.

“The discovery of the old Slavonic text interested me because I realized it would be easy to distinguish whether the manuscript reported found in Russia is translated from Aramaic. It must be in the old church Slav and pot the Northern Novgorod Slav.

“If it is from the Aramaic it will be revealed quickly and even the century when it was translated can be determined. If, as is possible, it is merely a clever fake, it will be practically impossible to cover its Greek origin.”

SAILS TO REPORT ON PALESTINE $50,000,000 LOAN

Morris Dlugasch of Brooklyn sailed Saturday on the “Majestic” for Europe to attend the Zionist Actions Committee meeting in London. Mr. Dlugasch will report on the progress made in negotiating the $50,000,000 loan for Palestine, which was authorized by the last Zionist Congress. As the chairman of the Committee to negotiate this loan, Mr. Dlugasch stated that he had sounded the principal banks in the United States on this project and will report to the Actions Committee the attitude of American banking circles on the question of the loan.

Mr. Dlugasch will also act as a delegate from the American Jewish Congress to the World Relief Conference.

Also among the passengers leaving on the “Majestic” were Jules E. Mast baum of Philadelphia and Judge and Mrs. Jacob Strah!