A book titled ‘Tasen Lai Okila’ (Introduction to New Testament) released at Conference hall, Sungkomen Baptist Church, Mokokchung on May 29. (Morung Photo)
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Mokokchung | May 26
A book titled ‘Tasen Lai Okila’ (Introduction to New Testament) authored by Dr Menjiwapong Ozukum, Matsung Longkumer and Tiaakum Ozukum was released today at Conference hall, Sungkomen Baptist Church, Mokokchung.
The book was released by Rev Prof Dr A Temjen Jamir, Principal, Clark Theological College, Mokokchung. The Reverend while releasing the book said that the book will be suitable and understandable not only for the theological students but also for lay people He also said that the book is academically sound and a people's friendly book where the authors, the objective and theme behind the New Testament books is written and described well.
Tiaakum Ozukum, one of the authors, while speaking with media persons at the book launch said that when we generally talk about Nagaland, there is the existence of corruption in every aspect of life mainly because the society is not theologically sound.
“The Christian teachings are not biblically sound and a lot of times there are contrast with the same story in the bible but we cannot question the Bible or the church,” he said. “This book has been written rigorously and very carefully for 13 months and 4 months of review. We want the real teachings of the Bible to reach the people. The real background, the philosophy, the ideology, the real time world when the book was written is explained in this book,” he added.
Matsung Longkumer, another co-author, also said “In understanding biblical writings, there is a pretext, text and post text but unfortunately, we overlook the pretext. The main emphasis of the book is looking at the pretext. Another highlight of the book is that it has dealt with synoptic problems.” He also added that the main target of the book is the lay people.
The dedicatory prayer for the book was pronounced by Rev O Yashi Jamir, Pastor, Sungkomen Baptist Church.
Introduction to New Testament is a first of its kind in Ao language and is published by
TDCC Publications and printed at Rainbow printing press, Jalandar, Punjab. The books can be ordered from Matsung Longkumer through email or phone (8505855211/tasenlaiokila@yahoo.com)
