Interfaith Group

I am an American Baptist ( http://www.abc-usa.org ), and for 20+ years, our denomination has required seminarians to become proficient in at least one of the three following languages, prior to graduation and ordination: Hebrew, Aramaic or Greek. American Baptists (f/k/a Northern Baptists) have always believed that an educated clergy was a good thing, particularly in the fields or ancient languages (infra), history and archeology. We believe that better scholarship in these areas is not in the least harmful or challenging to one's personal faith, but beneficial to it.

Great article!