Quotes/Biographies
Tudor Parfitt - Prof. of Jewish Studies, Univ. of London.
First Appearance - The Evidence
Opening Quote;
The Manna Machine
"In the Bible, it explains how the Israelites got from Egypt, where they'd been slaves, to the Promised Land. They had to cross the Sinai Desert. And inevitably, given that there was a lot of Israelites and very little growing, as it was a desert, they ran short on supplies. God stepped in at this point and sent manna from heaven. This took the form of some kind of seeds that rained down upon the desert. And then they were collected the next day. And they provided food for the Israelites, except Friday, when there was a double portion, because on Saturday, being the Sabbath, it didn't fall."
Biography;
Tudor Parfitt is Professor of Modern Jewish Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, where he is the Founding Director of the Centre for Jewish Studies. He is the Honorary President of the International Society for the Study of African Jewry. He has written on the Beta Israel – the Jews of Ethiopia – and has been studying with the Lemba people since 1986. He has traveled widely in Africa and as well as writing a number of travel books has written and presented documentaries for the BBC, NOVA, Channel Four, and the History Channel.[sic] source - dubois.fas.harvard.edu/tudor-parfitt
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Photo source - blogs.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/wp-content/uploads/backup2/parthian-shot/mani.jpg
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