Curse of Ham unsupported by the text of the Bible, emphatically pointing out that Noah's curse fell not upon all descendants of Ham, but only on the descendants of Canaan, and asserting that it was fulfilled when Canaan was occupied by both Semites (Israel) and Japhetites. The commentary further notes that Canaanites ceased to exist politically after the Third Punic War (149 BC), and that their current descendants are thus unknown and scattered among all peoples. Robert Boyle—a seventeenth-century scientist who also was a theologian and a devout Christian—refuted the idea that blackness was a Curse of Ham, in his book "Experiments and
The Books of the Bible 2010<br> New International Version<br> "The Books of the Bible New Testament" 2011<br> "The Books of the Bible Covenant History" (Genesis-Kings) 2012<br> "The Books of the Bible" 2012 "The Books of the Bible" has become the centerpiece of Biblica's program of Community Bible Experiences, in which churches or similar groups read through a quarter of the Bible together in six to eight weeks. InterVarsity Press is developing a series of study guides, entitled "Understanding the Books of the Bible", that do not use chapters and verses and are instead keyed to the natural literary format of "The Books of the Bible".