A study in genomic sciences that was on most counts not newsworthy has made big headlines in recent days, both in the media’s initial declarations and in the ensuing reaction. The cynic in me suspects that the whole thing was predictable from the very get-go. The study, published in The American Journal of Human Genetics,…

No, Jack Collins–Professor of Old Testament at Covenant Seminary–has not decided to retire. At least I have no insider knowledge of anything of the sort. In a recent piece on Sapientia, though, Jack did suggest that the usefulness of genre has run its course. “Let’s send the word genre off to a comfortable retirement,” Jack…

The English language borrowed the word genre from French, which was in turn derived from Latin genus. We use these words to classify things, especially art forms: “The Stray Cats play music mostly in the rockabilly genre.” I know what to listen for when I find the music videos, and I also know that my…