12 DECEMBER 1958, Page 7

WILL THE FACT that 'Dead Sea Scrolls' are on sale

in the shops mean (I was musing last week) that we will soon be finding replicas of Noah's tiller, David's sling and Moses' cradle on sale as Christmas presents? One, at least, of these suggestions has been criticised by a correspondent, Mr. George Corderoy : why, he asks, should I assume that the ark had a helm? I had not thought of that : why, indeed? PHAROS