... parable of the wise and foolish maidens is based on no fairy tale. Even today middleclass families in Palestine celebrate weddings just as the Master described them 2,000 years ago, and still we can imagine that there are some who miss out on the feast! J. Alexander Findley tells of what he observed during a trip to Palestine: "When we were approaching the gates of a...town I caught sight of ten maidens gaily clad and playing some kind of musical instrument, as they danced along the road in front of our car ...
