"For in all the world there is nothing to equal the day on which the Song of Songs was given to Israel, for all the writings are Holy, but the Song of Songs is the Holy of Holies." Such was the vision of the exalted importance of the Song of Songs as purportedly expressed by Rabbi Aqiba at the Council of Jamnia (ca. 90 A.D.). According to tradition, Aqiba's speech helped confirm the Song's plac...

A new iron-containing peptide which inhibits the growth of Gram-positive and some Gram-negative bacteria was isolated from the broth of Streptomyces AS-K-753. The antibiotic was obtained as light buff plates. On acid hydrolysis eight amino acids, three organic acids and one keto acid could be detected. ASK-753 is similar in many properties to the sideromycin but differs from it in certain cruci...