The Development of Biblical Prayer - Jewish Bible Quarterly

traded for thy merchandise wheat ofMinnith and balsam and honey and oil
and balm 23 :I 7)
10 What reason does the Bible give for not eating too much honey? (Hast thou
found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled therewith
and vomit it, Prov. 25 : 16)
or, It is not good to eat much honey; so for men to search out their own glory
is not glory, Prov. 25 :27)
Silently and quickly the four write down their answers and one by one they
read them aloud to the judges sitting on the stage.
Only one of the four answered all ten correctly. He is a clerk in the income tax
office and wins this quiz with a score of 72 out of 7 5. Right behind him is a
physician from Beersheba. In third place is an English teacher in one of the local
high schools who managed to edge out the fourth place finisher by a single point,
thus enabling him too to advance to the national finals.
Being a warlike people, the Philistines must have enjoyed rough physical
sports. A Bible quiz would certainly not have been popular with them, but for the
audience and contestants here in Kiryat Gat, it ·was both a spiritual and
entertaining evening.
Yitzhak Glucksman is a graduate of JTS where he received his M.A. in Bible in 1979. Having
settled in Israel, he is currently working with the World Jewish Bible Society on the Bible Contest
for Jewish Youth. He also teaches Bible.
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