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The Book of David

The Book of David—David Horowitz: Dean of Unived Nations Press Corps and Founder of United Israel World Union (Asheville: InnterQuest Books, 2018)

 For over a decade, author Ralph Buntyn spent many hours with renowned United Nations correspondent and United Israel founder David Horowitz.  They engaged in lengthy discussions about his foundational views drawn from his experience and unique vantage point in the two world bodies. The Book of David is based on his personal notes, extensive archival records and reflections from these conversations.In Horowitz’s autobiography Thirty-three Candles published in 1956, he wrote: “Thirty-three Candles undoubtedly calls for a sequel because much has occurred on the world scene since 1944, most of it confirming its major thesis. I feel I shall have to bow to this demand.” The Book of David is dedicated to fulfilling Horowitz’s request for an historical accounting of the period that followed.

Robert Lawrence Kuhn

Creator and Host, Closer To Truth 

 

David Horowitz personified the human search for meaning and he pursued it with passion - his vital contributions to the United Nations, his idiosyncratic vision for Israel, his lifelong spiritual journey. One need not subscribe to his mission to admire the man.

Barrie Wilson

Author, International Journalist, PhD., Professor Emeritus & Senior Scholar, Jewish Studies, York University Toronto

 

A remarkable book about an outstanding individual who contributed and achieved so much in so many areas. A 'must-read' for anyone who wishes to understand what it means to be a mensch.

Simcha Jacobovici

Emmy-award winning filmmaker,

 

This biography of Zionist pioneer David Horowitz, veteran United Nations correspondent, friend of Israeli Prime ministers and Presidents for over 50 years, Nazi hunter, and friend of Israel is long overdue. Ralph Buntyn has done a great service in chronicling Mr. Horowitz's long career as the first accredited reporter at the United Nations. Horowitz also played a historic role in the 1947 vote for the partition of British Mandate Palestine. In this way, he was instrumental behind the scenes in the creation of the modern state of Israel.

Ilan Pomeranc

A New York Hotelier and Israeli tech entrepreneur

 

The 20th century is dubbed by many 'The American Century, ' but in fact it was just as much, if not more, the Jewish Century. On the brink of annihilation after nearly 2000 years of exile, persecutions, and wanderings, culminating in the genocidal crescendo of the Holocaust, the Nation of Israel was reborn in the reestablished State of Israel in 1948. From his writings, to his work at the United Nations, through to his establishment of the United Israel World Union, David Horowitz was present and active at critical junctures in Israel's relations with the international community throughout the 20th Century. As such, he has been inscribed in the annals of our people, Israel. Ralph Buntyn's work has done an extraordinary service to Mr. Horowitz's indelible legacy.

Paul Weinberg

President, Alden Films

 

Called Israel's 'watchman on the wall' by his peers at the United Nations, David Horowitz is well deserving of his place among the heroes of his people and his journalistic profession. Ralph Buntyn's 'The Book of David' chronicles Horowitz's exceptional career against the backdrop of an amazing period of history. 

CNS News UN Bureau Chief Serge Beaulieu

David Horowitz was the institutional memory of the United Nations.

Vanni Cappelli

President, Afghanistan Foreign Press Association

 

The Book of David is a penetrating and moving portrait of an emblematic 20th century figure: pioneer Zionist and citizen of the world; bridge builder between nations and religions; fighter for justice; foreign correspondent and journalistic mentor; and intimate of the great and powerful, from Enrico Caruso to Benjamin Netanyahu.

Ralph E. Buntyn

Ralph E. Buntyn

Author

Ralph E. Buntyn is Executive Vice-President and Associate Editor of United Israel World Union, Ralph E. Buntyn is a historian and researcher, his many articles and essays have appeared in various media outlets including The Jerusalem Post, United Israel Bulletin, The Southern Shofar, and The Times of Israel where he is a regular contributing writer. After a distinguished career with a Fortune 500 company, he retired as a Senior Vice-President of Marketing in 2003.

In The Footsteps Of Time

In the Footsteps of Time: Collected Essays and Articles (Charlotte NC: World Union Press, 2025)

In the Footsteps of Time by Ralph Buntyn is a compelling collection of essays blending history, personal reflection, and spiritual insight. Buntyn offers a fresh perspective on key historical figures, such as David Horowitz, Israel’s first accredited UN correspondent, and explores the deep connections between colonial American life, religious freedom, and Israel. Through gripping stories and spiritual reflections on faith and peace, Buntyn invites readers to find the divine in history and in the shared human experience. A thought-provoking read for those passionate about history, Israel, and the pursuit of peace.

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James D. Tabor

PhD., Author, Distinguished Fellow, Hebrew University, Retired Professor and Chair of Department of Religious Studies, UNC Charlotte.

 

I cherish this entire book. I know of nothing quite like it and enthusiastically recommend it to the broadest possible audience. Whether you choose to savor it bit by bit or dive in all at once, you are in for the kind of insightful enjoyment that only exemplary historical writing can provide.

Erika Grey

Author, International Journalist, Acclaimed Geopolitical Analyst and host of The Twist News.

 

This book is a treasure trove for anyone passionate about Israel’s history and a profound gift to students of the subject. With In the Footsteps of Time, Ralph Buntyn has crafted a landmark work that will resonate with readers for years to come.

Harold E. Littleton

A PhD., Author, Adjunct Professor, Department of Religious Studies and Philosophy, University of North Carolina at Asheville.

 

Passionate. Painful. Honest. Hopeful. In the Footsteps of Time, Ralph Buntyn has offered an insightful interpretation of recent historical events, grounded it in our national story, and shared his personal hopes and dreams for a world where differences can be respectful of one another and an elusive peace can become a reality. In the Footsteps of Time should be on everyone’s bookshelf.

Michael Ellias Dallen

Author, Director, The Rainbow Covenant Foundation

 

Well-told marvelous stories about famous actors like Kirk Douglas, American and Israeli founders, heroic 20th Century diplomats, journalists and scientists—all written with gripping first-hand details . . . The author reveals that the godly and holy can be discovered in the details of history, and you come away from it with opened eyes... I really liked this book.

Vanni Cappelli

President, Afghanistan Foreign Press Association

 

Taking up the Shamash candle personally handed to him by the great David Horowitz, Ralph Buntyn proceeds to illuminate a range of subjects ranging from colonial America to the Holocaust to the birth and survival of Israel to the triumphs and contradictions of the United Nations. Yet for all their diversity, these essays are unified by the same warm and passionate world religious consciousness that animated his mentor, whom I had the privilege of knowing for four decades.

JAMES D. TABOR

JAMES D. TABOR

Author

James D. Tabor is a Distinguished Fellow in Humanities at Hebrew University. He retired as a Full Professor of Christian origins and ancient Judaism at UNC Charlotte where he taught for thirty-three years, serving as Dept Chair for a decade. His Ph.D. is from the University of Chicago. Previously he held faculty positions at the College of William and Mary and the University of Notre Dame. Tabor has combined his work on ancient texts, including the Dead Sea Scrolls, with extensive field work in archaeology in Israel and Jordan. He has previously published ten academic books, including the New York Times bestseller, The Jesus Dynasty and his latest, The Lost Mary: Rediscovering the Mother of Jesus (Knopf, 2025).

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Restoring Abrahamic Faith

Restoring Abrahamic Faith (Charlotte: Genesis 2000 Press, 2025).Revised and Expanded 4th Edition 

Restoring Abrahamic Faith attempts to set forth in a clear and engaging style an exposition of the ancient Hebrew Faith as broadly represented in the Hebrew Bible, with a particular emphasis on Abraham, Moses, the Torah, and the Prophets. It offers a compelling proposal for the 21st century, namely a return to the "ancient paths" of the Hebrew faith with Abraham, the first Hebrew, as a prime model. As such it is foundational to the origins of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, the three great Abrahamic Faiths that subsequently developed in different directions. Abrahamic Faith takes one back to the beginnings and thereby offers a perspective that is as fascinating as it is valuable for anyone interested in the biblical tradition. This Fourth Edition has been carefully revised and expanded and is geared to non-specialist readers-written for those of any faith or no faith, but especially those who are drawn to understanding the historical Jesus and his original Hebraic message in its ancient biblical contexts.

A Grateful Reader

Thank you again for the copy of latest revised and expanded fourth edition of your book, Restoring Abrahamic Faith.  I liked the previous edition (2008) but now am I am reading this one as if it is a new book! I recommend others who had the previous edition get this one without delay.  It is in my opinion your very best work! This book needs to be widely read.  I’d love to see it on the NYT best seller list!

Michael Dallen

1st Covenant Foundation

 

This terrific little book is a “must read.” We love this book because it takes the Bible completely seriously, explores it fearlessly, following the text itself, and other sources, and explains things—including, e.g., the nature and early history of Christianity, but also many aspects of the Torah Tradition itself—directly, simply, and rigorously honestly.

Prof. Barrie Wilson

York University, Toronto

 

You’ve produced a superb manifesto in this book, very similar in many ways to my own personal credo. It is truly a wonderful, inspirational book that should draw people back to the fundamental biblical message, one which puts Jesus, James and John the Baptizer into context.

Nehemiah Gordon

Ph.D. Biblical Scholar, Author

 

I just finished reading an amazing book, Restoring Abrahamic Faith.  Tabor’s book is a manifesto of biblical theology deeply rooted in the text of the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament). The book is full of profound wisdom and penetrating observations that skillfully elucidate the meaning of numerous biblical verses.

Lori Bollinger

Trinity Episcopal Church Boston

 

I have just finished Restoring Abrahamic Faith. I’m not sure that my words will convey how profoundly your book has reached me. You have put into words something that I have “felt” and understood but didn’t have words or ways to convey what I felt and under-stood. . .  A new pathway has opened for me through your words and I can’t wait to see where it takes me.

Betty Tabor Givin

Betty Tabor Givin

Author

Betty Tabor Givin is a lifelong teacher and educator. After having retired from her teaching career of several decades in the public and private school sector, she turned her full attention to religious education. She is an active board member of the David Horowitz Memorial Society (UIWU),  an educational outreach non-profit organization founded in 1944. Her popular teachings demonstrate the depth and beauty of her love of the Bible and her Jewish faith. Her articles and essays have been featured in various publications and on the web. She is the proud mother of three beautiful daughters, thirteen grandchildren, and eight great-grandchildren, and currently resides in Lake Charles, Louisiana.

Hidden Sparks Beneath the Surface:

Connect to the Creator and tap into His Divine Timeline set from the beginning. Join Betty on a journey of discovery of the "hidden sparks beneath the surface" as you travel from Sabbath to Sabbath and new moon to new moon through the times and seasons presented in the Hebrew Bible and the stories and rich Jewish traditions that have accompanied them through the ages.

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Patty Tyler

President Advanced Automation Company, David Horowitz Memorial Society Board Member

 

In this elegantly written book, Betty Tabor Givin takes a lifetime of hidden sparks, also known as 'aha moments' and like a tapestry, weaves them together with her knowledge of the Hebrew Bible and God's appointed seasons, presenting the reader with a glimpse of God's 'Divine Timeline.' This book offers a deeper insight into the biblical Holy Days and will hopefully encourage the reader to recognize the sparks hidden within themselves.

Rabbi Dennis Jones

Retired, Temple Beth Shalom, Hickory, NC, Advisory Board of David Horowitz Memorial Society

 

I have long lamented the patriarchal dominance within biblical traditions and interpretations, including traditional Judaism. How refreshing to read this insightful biblical analysis from a female voice. I enthusiastically recommend this book to every student of the Hebrew Bible, and especially to those who value a feminine perspective on the Divine plan for humankind.

Ross K. Nichols

Author, The Moses Scroll, David Horowitz Memorial Society Board Member

 

Betty Tabor Givin reveals a 'Divine Timeline' where, 'at every turn, life connects us to God.' Each page turned in this book not only deepens that connection but also turns the reader, echoing the lyrical call to 'turn, turn, turn' towards the timeless wisdom of the Hebrew Bible.

Teri Bell-Peacock

Adult Hebrew and Torah Teacher, Temple Israel, Memphis

 

An absolutely beautiful book written by an absolutely beautiful soul! Whether you are just beginning your journey toward living out the Hebrew calendar or are looking for ways to deepen your already established walk, this book is for you. I am looking forward incorporating Betty's wonderful insights into our congregation's Rosh Chodesh celebrations! 

Michael Dallen

Author, The Rainbow Covenant: Torah and the Seven Universal Laws

 

What a terrific book! Packed with scholarship, but delightful. I imagined, reading it, sitting at the feet of a learned prophetess, like Deborah, painlessly and charmingly sharing immensely deep wisdom and vital absolutely necessary learning.

Dr. James D. Tabor

Distinguished Fellow, Hebrew University, retired UNC Charlotte

 

This wonderful book lives up to its name—it is truly an inspiring journey through the biblical holy days that will 'spark' in readers both learning and inspiration. I recommend it to the broadest audience, of any faith or no faith. These holy seasons take one back to Genesis 1—that most universal of all Bible chapters.

Ross K. Nichols

Ross K. Nichols

Author

Ross K. Nichols is an autodidact, educator, and Amazon best-selling author dedicated to the historical and objective study of the Hebrew Bible. He is the Founder and President of the HOREB Institute, headquartered at the Athenæum in Jackson, Louisiana, housed in the historic St. Albans Lodge No. 28, F.&A.M. (chartered in 1827) and has nearly thirty years of Masonic engagement. He serves on the board of the David Horowitz Memorial Society. His primary research interests center on the Pentateuch from a historical-critical perspective, the Dead Sea Scrolls, and significant 19th-century discoveries bearing on the biblical text. He is the author of The Moses Scroll (2021), These Are the Words: Essential Biblical Hebrew Vocabularies (2025), and editor of Fragments of a Leather Manuscript Containing Moses' Last Words to the Children of Israel (2021), and is the creator of the Torah Tablet series of interactive notebooks covering each book of the Pentateuch. He has lectured at the Albright Institute of Archaeological Research in Jerusalem, authored the entry "Shapira Fragments" for Brill's Online Encyclopedia of the Dead Sea Scrolls, and led numerous tours and expeditions throughout Israel and Jordan.
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The Moses Scroll

In 1883, Jerusalem antiquities dealer Moses Wilhelm Shapira presented a set of sixteen blackened leather strips written in ancient Hebrew script. The text resembled the Book of Deuteronomy, yet with striking differences. It was said to have been discovered around 1865 in a cave east of the Dead Sea, still bearing traces of linen and a black pitch-like coating—details now familiar from the Dead Sea Scrolls. The manuscript’s narrative moved from Horeb to the plains of Moab, containing a distinctive version of the Ten Words (Commandments)—including one unknown in any other ancient witness—followed by blessings and curses that correspond directly to them, but none of Deuteronomy’s later law code (chapters 12–26). Dismissed as a forgery and forgotten after Shapira’s death, the case has reemerged since the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls, leading scholars to ask anew: Were the critics wrong? 

In The Moses Scroll, Ross K. Nichols retraces the manuscript’s 19th-century journey from Jerusalem to Leipzig, Berlin, and London, and then reconstructs the lost text itself, presenting the complete English translation, commentary, and Hebrew reconstruction based on contemporary transcriptions made by those who examined the original strips. The Moses Scroll invites readers to reopen the most controversial case in the history of biblical scholarship—and decide for themselves.

Dr. James D. Tabor

Hebrew University

 

A sea change in Shapira studies… a thrill to read - part detective saga and mystery - but solid historical documentation.

Dr. James H. Charlesworth

Princeton University

 

No one in the late 19th century could have faked such a complex work… Nichols is now a leading authority on Shapira’s discovery.

Dr. Matthieu Richelle

Semitica

 

A fascinating account of the dramatic story that unfolded in 1883… calls for a re-examination of the case.

Dr. Jonathan Klawans

Dead Sea Discoveries

 

Semi-academic, semi-theological… asks, ‘What did Moses write?