In his novel Debit and Credit, Gustav Freytag (1816-1895)
describes—with the help of anti-Semitic clichés—a Jew by
the name of Veitel Itzig who is supposed to have contributed
to the downfall of the noble Rothensattel family of Germany.
Later, Freytag recognized his mistake and became an active
member of the “Society for the Opposition to Anti-Semitism.”
His third wife was a Jewess. Freytag’s change of heart is typical
of those who forsake their anti-Jewish attitudes and then begin
to actively support both the Jews and the State of Israel.
In the book, Freytag condemned
the mercenary way in
which Jews conducted business
and concluded that they are a
depraved and condemned race.
But he later realized that this is
wrong, for with God there is no
“Debit and Credit” principle.
People often maintain that the
Old Testament, in contrast to the
New Testament, is defined by a
Debit and Credit system of laws.
But that is simply not true.
One example of this is the book of Isaiah. Modern theologians
have invented the Deutero-Isaiah theory, which claims
that the second part of Isaiah was written later than the first
by another author. Their works were later compiled together
under the name of the first author, the “real” Isaiah.
However, anyone who really looks at Isaiah in context will
see clearly that there were not two of them who supposedly
contradicted each other, but rather there was one writer who
prophesied regarding two different periods of time.
In chapters 1 to 39, Isaiah prophecies about the destruction
of the Temple (70 AD) and the banishment of the Jews
from Israel (135 AD). Then from chapter 40 to the end, Isaiah
prophecies about the end of the Jewish Diaspora when modern-
day Zionism begins, fulfilled by the founding of the State
of Israel.
** The full article appears in the April 2007 edition of israel today. SUBSCRIBE TODAY and don't miss another story!