Teachers Day this year almost passed me by without my awareness but I recall it is Education month. I have taught cumulatively at the secondary and tertiary-levels of the Jamaican educational system for the past 44 years and stumbled on …
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Reading Ancient Texts Responsibly
For Drs. Ethon Lowe, Michael Abrahams and others
Though many (learned and unlearned folk) seem not be aware of it, there is an academic version of the biblical “believe not every spirit…” It is “double-check all sources.” I ‘push up’ myself …
The Bible, Scholars and ‘Scholarly’ Crap
Wayne Marshall in his column about the Bible in The Observer of December 23, 2014 (Has Religion Seen the End of Its Useful Life?) reflected uncritical reliance on non-specialists in the appropriate academic disciplines and on the thoroughly debunked …
Quibbling With Tafari
My friend Dr. Ikeal Tafari has written two pieces in your newspaper raising questions on the historical roots of Israel. Unfortunately the main source he seems to be drawing on is Gary Greenberg’s book The Bible Myth: African Origins of …