Arno was a German immigrant, however he spoke better Yiddish than Orthodox Jews. In fact, he had trouble convincing Jew’s that he wasn’t a “goy”.13 We have seen that on his trip to Eastern Europe that his black beard and attire immediately classified him as a Jew. His son said he was welcomed into synagogues wherever he went as one of their own.
Frank relates another story that even as late as WWI, Jews on the street in New York confused him with an orthodox Jewish rabbi.14 So for 24 years, from 1894 until 1918, he dressed like an orthodox Jewish rabbi.
Thomas Ice includes this quote in his Short History of Dispensationalism:
Timothy Weber noted of
his abilities that Gaebelein acquired such an expertise in the Talmud
and other rabbinic literature and spoke such flawless Yiddish that
he often had difficulty convincing many of his audiences that he
was not a Jew trying to ‘pass’ as a Gentile.” (Living in the Shadow
page 144) |
His magazine Our Hope had the subtitle “We preach to the Gentile church in behalf of the Jew”.15 So his ministry from 1894 until his death was as a representative of the Jews to the Christians. His ministry was supported by Zionists who paid for his expensive tour of Europe. One would assume that some of these Zionist supporters were Jews.
All agree that Arno was an expert on Bible prophecy. His unique viewpoint was shaped first, by the Plymouth Brethren and second, by the Orthodox Jewish rabbis with whom he worked in New York. His reference bible would imbed this novel prophetic viewpoint into the hearts and minds of millions.
So we have a man who looked like a Jew, spoke like a Jew, worked for the Jews, was supported by Jews and lived in the center of world Jewry. He wrote a reference bible designed to deceive Christian’s into adopting a partially Jewish interpretive point of view. He was very knowledgeable about the Hebrew and Semitic languages and he was an expert on the filthy Talmud!
And yet Arno and son maintained that he was not a Jew. As proof, Frank revealed that they spoke German at home, not Yiddish. That is a convincing argument if you believe that Judaism is a race and not a sect.
Was the author of the Scofield Bible a Jew? We may never know. But one thing is for certain. Arno would have had more success selling hotdogs at a bar mitzvah than selling reference bibles with his picture on the cover (especially if he wore his black hat). Next Page
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Balfour
C.I.
Scofield
C.C Carlson - The Mother of Modern
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Dallas Theological Seminary
Dispensationalism
Hal Lindsey - Wolf In Sheep's Clothing
The Rapture Hoax
Rothchild
Theodore
Herzl
Untermeyer
Westcott
Zionism