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terrific and voluminous work which the Vulcania now carried to the Wilderness of America. I thought of publishers, printers, rich men, Rabbis, scholars, professors, laymen, my family, and so on. “The Bible in the Hands of Its Creators,” the title which Moshe had chosen for the book instead of a previous choice, namely, “Thus hath said Jehovah,” was revolutionary in content; nay, provocative and disturbing; it would surely upset all classes of mankind. I had received instructions to publish it as soon as possible -- within a year; the English of close to 4,000 pages still needed revision and editorial work. The thought of what lay ahead in the small space of time allotted, almost overwhelmed me. (p. 186)

The Tomb of the Sanhedrin haunted by the souls of the Pharisees who conspired to murder Jesus the Christ & home of the anti-Christ Rabbi Moses Guibbory.

It was a final revelation of all the secrets concealed in the Bible. It would sweep away all the contradictions and confusions of the entire religious world. It would declare to groping man all the generations from the beginning. Many secrets of life would be revealed. It would bring to life the lost ten tribes of Israel. It would, above all, declare final salvation to man and sound the trumpet for the advent of a man of God on earth. (p. 187)

So from Macmillan the Jerusalem “Package” traveled to the Garden City Company, but it soon followed in Macmillan’s footsteps with a rejection. From Garden City it went to Doubleday Doran and on August 28, 1934, I received the following letter from Ken McCormick of the Doubleday Doran editorial staff:

“Mrs. Pomphrey of the Garden City Publishing Company has turned over to me your manuscript The Bible in the Hands of Its Creators. This is certainly a colossal work and I have every admiration for the terrific amount of labor and love you have put into it. I only regret to say that we are not in a position to publish it at the present time. I wish you every success in marketing it.”

I had been in my new abode only four days when word came from Funk and Wagnalls that they had summoned “Hebrew scholars” to examine the book and found it unworthy of publication. (p. 197)

For would not all the forces of the netherworld be let loose against me? I reasoned. Had not I been commissioned to bring forth the word of God to all mankind? (p. 199)

I was certain by now that I would never find either a Jewish or Christian firm that would undertake to publish The Bible in the Hands of Its Creators. I had tried in vain. All doors were closed.

The more I thought of it, the more I realized that this “self-publication” was the only thing left.... After much deliberation, I decided that the best thing to do would be to found a group or Society as a medium or organ for publication. A Society, properly organized, could solicit funds and advance subscriptions. But a Society needed people. I got in touch with those few I had met of late, a handful in all. Tena and her husband agreed to let us use their home for the first meeting. (p. 203)

. . . with Dr. W. A. Nichols, the Religious Editor of the New York World Telegram, I succeeded in getting him to write an article about our Society and the book. On October 3rd, 1936, his story appeared as the leading item on the religious page. The headline read: Society Sees New Values Hidden in Old Testament. It was well written and gave our Society and the book its first publicity. I was elated. It brought a number of responses and further inquiries.   —->