BIBLE KNOWLEDGE
Sir,-I have just been listening in to that amusing little item, "Give it a name jackpots.’ When a candidate for honours was offered the princely sum of £2 to name the first five books of the Old Testament in their proper sequence I was somewhat amazed that so simple a question should have been set for so munificent a reward. My amazement grew when the Questionee failed to collect the £2; but amazement was unbounded when even the questioner gave an incorrect answer to his own question. This is not the first time that woeful ignorance (in this so-called Christian land) of even elementary facts about the Bible has been displayed in these interesting quizzes that come over the air. And I would suggest, sir, that it might be a good thing if a few more questions relating to the Bible were chosen for the quiz, if for no other reason than to stimulate interest in that greatest of all Books.
H.C.
D.
(Wellington).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 13, Issue 315, 6 July 1945, Page 5
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166BIBLE KNOWLEDGE New Zealand Listener, Volume 13, Issue 315, 6 July 1945, Page 5
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