Anyone with a mild interest in both the Bible and the Chinese language and characters might want to check out C. H. Kang and Ethel R. Nelson’s “The Discovery of Genesis.” This curious but thought-provoking book attempts to explain the possible relationship between the two. “The Discovery of Genesis” blends the origins and structure of Chinese characters with the story of the Bible, or at least the story of the Bible from the beginning up until the time the Tower of Babel was constructed. This curiosity was printed in 1979, which could now be considered almost a millennia ago. Outside of its writing style and references to scientific and architectural discoveries that were new at that time (and alas, some of which have been forgotten), the book serves as a reminder of when China was just opening up to the West, and the world was coming to explore a civilization …