‘Moses Revealed: The Narrative Retold in Historical Context’ by Dr. Ronald Henry takes on historical storytelling through the lens of faith, history, and art.
The book is based on historical Egyptian and Scriptural Hebrew writings and blends faith, history, and art through archaeology, theology, and medicine.
At the book launch, Dr. Henry, an Interventional Cardiologist and recipient of the Chaconia Silver Medal, said the work is meant to be “a celebration of a time when man’s knowledge which is always a continuous evolutionary thing.”
Written as a summary of historical data, findings and knowledge-based volumes, he hopes that it inspires young people to become knowledge seekers and to be aware of what came before.
“The people our poet Winston ‘Gypsy’ Peters refers to as ‘little black boy,’ which is a metaphor for an amoral emergence of people searching in a valueless system and acting out of expediency. It is my hope that interaction of this kind with the youth by referenceable information, will be an opportunity to confront them at a time when they can still be influenced in their formative years.”
Minister of Education Dr. Michael Dowlath said the book’s greatest gift is its reminder that “history is never static. It must be read, questioned, and sometimes reimagined.
“This lesson, too, is one we must teach our students and our children, that education must not only form the mind, but the character. That wisdom without humility is as hollow as an empire without justice. Ladies and gentlemen, these are but a few of the insights I’ve gathered as I read through this book. I’m particularly pleased with this book that it challenges us to think anew about history, to see the past not as static, but as a living conversation between evidence and imagination.”
For educators and the Ministry, Minister Dowlath believes that the bridge between science and the humanities in the book is vital, offering knowledge.
“For us in the Ministry of Education, works such as these hold special value. They demonstrate the vitality of interdisciplinary thought, the bridge between science and humanities and between empirical inquiry and faith. So, as the Minister of Education, I take special pride in moments such as this, when a citizen of Trinidad and Tobago contributes to a global conversation on history and belief.”