Required readings would include passages from Old and New Testament for students in middle school
The conservative-majority Texas State Board of Education is considering adding at least 15 passages from the Bible to a required reading list as part of English lessons in public schools – the latest push from conservatives to implement Christianity into school curriculums.
Beginning in middle school, Texas students could be forced to read stories from the Bible including Jonah and the Whale, David and Goliath, and Lamentations 3 in addition to passages such as The Definition of Love from the New Testament, according to the list reported by the New York Times.
The new proposed changes have raised concerns from advocacy groups and academics who believe the changes will teach children a one-sided history lesson and “indoctrinate” students.
You can bet it won’t be the Ge’ez translation with 81 books.
Yeah, they forked the canon before it was cut down. The greatest omission that the Ethiopians retained is the Book of Enoch, which is arguably the first sci-fi. Really whacky origin-myth narratives.
By that standard: First? Have you read Genesis? Exodus? Leviticus? Numbers? Deuteronomy?