New Zealand rap artist Scribe, right, with brother, actor Matthias, left, and father Fa'amoana Luafutu (John), centre.David White / Dominion-Post The distant sound of a conch call is heard.

For centuries, the authorship of the Bible, particularly the Old Testament, has been a subject of intense scholarly debate ...

was because the Pharisees, the scribes, and all Hebrews (a.k.a Judeans) who belonged to the sect of Pharisees obeyed Traditions of the Elders ("Mashlmanwatha da Qashishe" in Aramaic) which nullified ...