Curse of Ham that, in 1st millennium Babylonia, looking at another person's genitals was indeed regarded as a serious matter. Other ancient commentators suggested that Ham was guilty of more than what the Bible says. The "Targum Onqelos" has Ham gossiping about his father's drunken disgrace "in the street" (a reading which has a basis in the original Hebrew), so that being held up to public mockery was what had angered Noah; as the "Cave of Treasures" (4th century) puts it, "Ham laughed at his father's shame and did not cover it, but laughed about it and mocked." Ancient commentaries have also debated
Back to the Bible Way The group and periodical ceased activity upon the death of Goodrich in 1977. Back to the Bible Way Back to the Bible Way was the name of a periodical produced between 1952 and 1977 by Roy D. Goodrich (October 15, 1886 - December, 1976) as well as of the movement centered upon that periodical. It was headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Its primary function was to help spread the thought of Goodrich, who had been excommunicated from the Jehovah's Witnesses for disagreeing that Charles Taze Russell was the good and faithful servant promised in the Parable of the Talents, as