C E Stowe / ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF THE BOOKS OF THE BIBLE BOTH 1868

Description: ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF THE BOOKS OF THE BIBLE, BOTH THE CANONICAL AND THE APOCRYPHAL, DESIGNED TO SHOW WHAT THE BIBLE IS NOT, WHAT IT IS, AND HOW TO USE IT (REBOUND IN DEERSKIN!); The New Testament (Illustrated) Author: Stowe, C (Calvin) E. Title: ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF THE BOOKS OF THE BIBLE, BOTH THE CANONICAL AND THE APOCRYPHAL, DESIGNED TO SHOW WHAT THE BIBLE IS NOT, WHAT IT IS, AND HOW TO USE IT (REBOUND IN DEERSKIN!); The New Testament (Illustrated) Publication: Hartford, Connecticut: Hartford Publishing Company, 1868 Description: Leather-bound. Quarto. Recent re-binding in plush deerskin with contrasting black labels, lettered in gilt, affixed to spine. Marbled endpapers. New front free endpapers. Sunning to spine. A very few light smudges and tiny blems to deerskin - hardly noticeable. Very Good. Stowe's thesis is that "the chain of documentary evidence has been broken. The author writes in the preface: "...Each one of the books of the New Testament must be traced up to the Apostles, who only had authority to deliver inspired books to the churches. This is what the present volume professes to do. It is a book of authorities and testimonies; it is the tracing and verifying of title deeds." "But there are some deeds in which the chain is broken before we get to the original proprietors; there are some which are forgeries and others which were given by the persons whose names they bear, but these persons had no authority to make the sales. All such deeds are invalid and confer no title." "These latter deeds represent the apocryphal books. It is proposed to show that every one of the apocryphal books belongs to one of these three classes, to wit: 1. They can not be traced to the apostles; 2. Some of them are proved to be forgeries; 3. And others, though genuine, were written by persons who had no apostolic authority to give them to the churches..." Stowe was married to Harriet Beecher Stowe and while the two were part of a group which provided shelter to northward-bound freedom seekers (aka escaped slaves or free Blacks), ""...As references in William Lloyd Garrison's radical abolitionist paper, The Liberator, document, although Stowe privately decried slavery, he was no abolitionist. He believed slavery was sanctioned by the Bible and that, through Christian education, slavery would gradually fade away. He was, instead, an advocate of colonization of free Blacks in Liberia as a "solution" to slavery. It was only after his wife Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin was published in 1852 that Stowe began, haltingly, to change his stance regarding slavery, first as a signatory to a petition of New England clergy in opposition to the Kansas-Nebraska Act, issued in 1854...(Wikipedia). Seller ID: 86215 Aardvark Rare Books Eugene, OR We work hard to make your Bookbuying Experience safe, easy and fun. Aardvark Books is a proud member of the ABAA (Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America) and IOBA, Independent Online Booksellers Association. Ezra is also an accredited and Qualified Appraiser of Books and Manuscripts, with a designation from the ASA (American Society of Appraisers), with considerable Archive experience as well. Shipping All books shipped to US destinations are sent via the US Postal Service. Faster shipping is available, please ask before paying. We will combine shipping on items purchased at the same time in order to help reduce costs. International shipping is also available. Please inquire for a shipping quote before ordering.This listing was created by Bibliopolis.

Price: 300 USD

Location: Eugene, Oregon

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