The Bible Society of Ghana has donated Greek Testaments and Hebrew Bibles to the Department of Religious Studies of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology to help students in the study of the Bible in the original languages. The presentation forms part of the Bible Society’s Scholarly Edition Project which seeks to foster a cordial relationship between the Bible Society and the Department of Religious Studies and to make Source Scriptures available for use to a wide range of students offering Biblical Studies.
The Northern Sector Manager of the Bible Society of Ghana, Rev. Charles Adu-Twumasi and the Translator and Resource Mobilization Officer for the Northern Sector, Pastor Ernest Kwaku Boateng did the presentation. They presented twenty-four (24) copies each of the Hebrew and Greek Bibles. They said the Bible Society of Ghana was keen on making Source Scriptures available to students. Pastor Ernest Kwaku Boateng who is offering an M.Phil in Religious Studies in the department expressed the need for such donations since students found it difficult to have access to Hebrew and Greek Scriptures for further studies. Rev. Charles Adu-Twumasi also remarked that the Bible Society of Ghana was concerned about problems students offering Biblical Studies faced and how best the Society could be of help.
Rev. Jonathan Kuwornu-Ajaottor, Head of Department for Religious Studies together with Mr. Vincent Dodoo, Head of the History Department accepted the Bibles and expressed their gratitude to the Bible Society for the donation. Rev. J. Kuwornu-Ajaottor expressed his sorrow about students having to make copies of parts of the Greek and Hebrew Scriptures for their research and studies. He therefore appealed to the Bible Society of Ghana and other religious bodies to donate more of such books to facilitate studies. On behalf of the Department of Religious Studies, he thanked the Bible Society of Ghana for such a significant gesture.
The Department of Religious Studies was established under the Faculty of Social Science in the year 2005 to undertake both undergraduate and post-graduate programmes. The major areas of study are Christianity, Islamic Studies and African Traditional Religion. Currently the department has about four hundred (400) students and staff strength of fifteen. The department seeks to advance the knowledge and understanding of religion, and its importance to our contemporary societies. The wide range of courses offered includes the theology, history and the intellectual traditions of the major religions of the world. The department has so far graduated four batches of undergraduate students and two post-graduate groups.
