Library: Modern Documents: Leonard Jayawardena: Biographical Information

Brief Biography of

Leonard Jayawardena

Name: Leonard Jayawardena

Birth Date (YYYY.MM.DD): 1961.11.13

Nationality: Sri Lankan

Occupation: Insurance

Education:

• G.C.E.* Advanced Level Zoology, B (very good pass), 1980
• G.C.E. Advanced Level Botany, C (credit pass), 1980
• G.C.E. Advanced Level Physics, S (ordinary pass), 1980
• G.C.E. Advanced Level Chemistry, S (ordinary pass), 1980
• Passed the Preliminary Examination of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka, 1985
• Self-taught student of the Bible for over two decades

*The G.C.E. is a General Certificate of Education, the highest secondary educational qualification in Sri Lanka, and is used as a university entrance examination.)

Publications:

• "Solution to the Jehu Problem" (2006) on the Secular Web.
• "Divine 'Inspiration': A Biblical Perspective," forthcoming on the Secular Web.
• A reply to Donald Morgan's "Biblical Inconsistencies," forthcoming on the Secular Web.

Interests: Biblical studies, the creation-evolution debate, and playing classical guitar.