‘BOOKS OF MR MOSES ’
' The Five Books of Mr -Moses ' is a story of Jesus by a Jew—-J/.ak Goller — lliei'oi'orc the reader finds the true at mrsphere and colour of this ancient, people. Th author gives the Ucntih render a new conception of the Jews as a :ace to-day. This is a story of a London Jew in which tragedy and comedy intermingle. It is splendidly written, and tlio author has a sense ot the dramatic. Age-old customs arc introduced avid explained. " Jews," he ■urit.es, "longer civilised and further travelled than most nations, have perhaps more ancient, more original, and more acquired taboos than other nations. Taboo* of health and ot behaviour and of race preservation. The bared head, a taboo of the old sunsmitten lands where they first had their being: unwashed hands at. meals, an old taboo of health—and pig, a taboo of all sensible meat-eaters." The hook is wcrth reading for the story alone. Our copy is from the publishers, Messrs Methuen and Co. (London).
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Evening Star, Issue 20137, 30 March 1929, Page 21
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168‘BOOKS OF MR MOSES’ Evening Star, Issue 20137, 30 March 1929, Page 21
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