The World: The Bible: A Fallible Guide
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Diplomats might find in the Bible some intriguing ideas about a possible peace settlement. Isaiah 19: 24, for example, foresees a day in which "Israel [shall be] the third with Egypt and with Assyria, a blessing in the midst of the earth." That could be interpreted as the need for a Cairo-Damascus-Jerusalem federation. Ezekiel 47: 22 could be taken to point out that Israelis have a responsibility not just to Jewish immigrants but to the Palestinian Arabs under their jurisdiction: "The strangers that sojourn among you . . . they shall be unto you as the homeborn, [and] they shall have inheritance with you."
The Israeli Premier may not press his luck in matching scriptural references with Carter. Last month, at a meeting with Chief Rabbi (Ashkenazi) Shlomo Goren, the President listened as the rabbi cited a biblical passage but then fumbled for the exact English translation. Without missing a beat, Carter finished the verse for him.
* A mountain tribe that lived among the Canaanites.
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