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ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF THE
BOOKS OF THE BIBLE,
BOTH THE
CANONICAL AND THE APOCRYPHAL,
SHOWING WHAT THE BIBLE IS NOT, WHAT IT IS, 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, CINCINNATI,
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, DILIGENT STUDY, AND RIPE EXPERIENCE,
BEING IN FACT
THE LIFE WORK OF THE AUTHOR.
IT TREATS OF
The common popular objections to the Bible at the present day.
The evidences upon which we receive the Sacred Books, and description of the Ancient Manuscripts of the New Testament, with fac-simile illustrations.
Brief Biographies of One Hundred Ancient Witnesses to the New Testament, whose testimony is most important, much of it cited in this work.
The testimony for the Historical Books, and a full examination, separately, of the four Gospels.
The Apocryphal Gospels, and fragments of Gospels supposed to be lost.
Modern substitutes for the Gospel History, with an examination of the works of Strauss, Weisse, Gfroerer, Bruno Bauer, F. C. Baur, Renan and Schenckel, intended to meet the undermining process with regard to the authority of Scripture, so prevalent at the present day.
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.