Dear Zev and Ruth: I reread your manuscript on Abraham, and am impressed by it all over again. It is a brilliant piece of work, and most certainly deserving of publication. Permit me to explain the delay. I called Schidman, and for several weeks he has not found the time to edit the manuscript. It needs editing, because it is too small for a book, too large for an article. If I do not hear from him in the very near future, within the next couple of weeks or so, I will submit the thing to Wurzburger in methodically futile hope that he will publish the essay in two parts, first what you call part one and then your part two. Should he refuse, it will then be necessary for us to separate both parts, or perhaps divide the essay into three parts, making each part self-contained. I will try to work on that with Schidman, but I beg you, please, please, have patience! The essay is so good, that it is worth having this patience... I hope you are all well. I will be leaving for Israel on January 19th, א‘‘י, and will be in contact with you a week or two after my return Please God in the beginning of February. All best wishes. Cordially yours, Rabbi Norman Lamm