Volume II, Issue 1 Spring 1994 As A Book That Is Sealed Lawrence R. Blades O Theophilus is the Quarterly Journal of The Center For Biblical Literacy As A Book That Is Sealed “And the vision of all is become unto you as the words of a book that is sealed which men deliver to one that is learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I cannot; for it is sealed. “And the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I am not learned. “Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men…therefore the wisdom or their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid.” Isaiah 29:11-13 The American English language has deteriorated rapidly in recent years due to deconstructionist and transfor-mationist agendas in higher education linguistics.1 Not only has a relativistic philosophy furthered the societal acceptance of Orwellian Newspeak, the dominance of the whole language teaching ... Read more