Middletown transcript., 1868-05-09
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And History Of the Books Of the Bible,

And History OF the Books OF the Bible,
Doth the Canonical and Apocryphal, showing
- what the Bible is not, what 1t 10, and how
to use it. New Testament.) With Illustrations
By Prof. Calvin e. Stowe, d. D. for more than
thirty years Biblical Professor at Andover, Gin
cinnati, and other Theological Seminaries, and
acknowledged to be one of the best informed Bible
students of the age. This work is one of patient
research, diigent study, and ripe experience, be-
ing in fact the life work of the author. s
twill treat Of l. The common popular objcc-
tons to the Bible at the present day What the
Bible is not, what it is, and how to use IT,
2. The evidences upon which we receive the
Sacred Books, and description of the Ancient
Manuscripts of the New Testament with fac-simile
illustrations.
3. Brief Biographies of 100 Ancient Witnesses
to the New Testament, whose testimony is most
important much of it cited in this great work.
7 4. The testimony for the Historical Books and
afull examination, separately of the four Gospels
s. The Apocryphal Gospels, and fragments of
Gospels supposed to be lost.
6, Modern substitutes for the Gospel History
with an examination of the works of Strauss
Wesse, Gfroerer Bruno Bauer, +. G. Bauer, Re-
nan, and Schcnckcl, intending TO meet the Under
mining process with regard to the authority of
Scripture SO prevalent at the present day.
| 7. Acts of the Apostles, the Apocryphal Acts
and the fourteen Epistles of Paul. The Catholic
and the Apocryphal Epistles. Revelation Of St
John, and the Apocryphal Revelations.
8. The Bible Prophets and the Classical Oraeles
contrasted.
g. The Apocryphal Books of the Old Testa-
ment, and the reason for their exclusion from the
Canon. 4--..-=+=s
1t is work of real value, not sectarian at all,
not even Theological but is.just what 1t purports
| to be, History of the Books of the Bible, suffi-
GENTLY critical to meet the wants of the Professor
| the Clergyman and the Student, and yet SO sim
| plifed as to be the book needed by every Family
and every Sunday School Teacher as the Com
| panion of the Bible.
This book is new and fresh from the pen of the
author, who has long been urged to its preparation
| by Presidents of Colleges, and leading Ministers
and Scholars of the various christian denomina-
tions, and has given his best energies to its COM
| petion.
1t contains about 600 pages octave, printed
from new and beautiful clear type selected ex-
pressly for this work. illustrated with fine steel
portrait of the author, fac-similes of the early
manuscripts on which the Bible was written, yery
curious and interesting, and other full page illus
tratve engrayiHgs all in the highest style of en-
craving, by the best artists in the country. 1t il
| one of the most popular books ever published. II
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February 22-4m