Article October 16, 1965 Issue

Signs of the Times

Thayer S. Warshaw

Bible Society Record

Thayer S. Warshaw, Teacher Newton High School, Massachusetts
in the American Bible Society Record
New York, New York

A knowledge of the Bible is essential to the pupil's understanding of allusions in literature, in music, in the fine arts, in news media, and in cultured conversation.

...Two of my English classes read the Bible. They had read Shakespeare's Macbeth, as usual. They had studied Greek and Norse mythology, as usual. What could be more appropriate...than to go on to the Book that pupils would need far more than either Shakespeare or folklore for an understanding and appreciation of their culture? By reading a few short stories, of which the pupils could make no sense because they could not understand the allusions, they had been made aware of the need for a background in the Bible. They...were unable to interpret some political cartoons in newspapers....

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