Wherefore ye should not be surprised that the Tablet of
Wisdom is in conflict with the historical accounts. It behoveth one to reflect
a while on the great diversity of opinion among historians, and their
contradictory accounts; for the historians of East and West are much at odds,
and the Tablet of Wisdom was written in accordance with certain histories of
the East.
Furthermore, the torah, held to be the most ancient of
histories, existeth today in three separate versions: the Hebrew, considered
authentic by the Jews and the Protestant clergy; the Greek Septuagint, which
was used as authoritative in the Greek and other eastern churches; and the
Samaritan Torah, the standard authority for that people. These three versions
differ greatly, one from another, even with regard to the lifetimes of the
celebrated figures. (‘Abdu’l-Baha, ‘Tablet of Wisdom questions and answers’,
translated by Baha’i World Centre, published in ‘Ethel Jenner Rosenberg, the Life and Times of England's Outstanding
Bahá'í Pioneer Worker’, by Robert Weinberg)
