Letters and Texts of Jewish History Author:Dov Bing, Livia Kathe Wittman, Norman Simms, Brian E. Colless, Chris Hainsworth, Denise Schmandt-Besserat, Mayer Gruber, Joan E. Taylor, Norman P. Franke, David Hirsch Published for the 1998 Waikato Jewish Studies Seminar. Articles include: Dov Bing, The Nazi Persecution of the Jewish Community of Holland: Collaboration and Heroism; Livia Kathe Wittman, Triple death-jump without net; Norman Simms, Has the Jewish God Changed His Identity?; Brian E. Colless, The Evolution of The Alphabet; Chris Hainsworth, Sling... more »s and Narrow Escapes; Denise Schmandt-Besserat, Prehistoric Accounting in the Ancient Near East; Mayer Gruber, The Sources of Rashi's Cartography; Joan E. Taylor, Spiritual Mothers: Philo on the Therapeutrides; Norman P. Franke, "Honour and Shame": Karl Wolfskehl and the Stauffenberg Brothers; and David Hirsch, Vestiges of Jewish Life in the Arabian Peninsula, Bahrain, Iran, and Syria.« less