The Bible of Bibles; Or, Twenty-Seven "Divine" Revelations (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. A Nineteenth-Century Freethought Critique of Revelation, Scripture, and Religious AuthorityBy Kersey Graves, Lydia M. Graves
Length18h 19m
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The Bible of Bibles; Or, Twenty-Seven "Divine" Revelations gathers a wide-ranging comparative inquiry into sacred texts, prophetic claims, and systems of religious authority. Framed in the idiom of nineteenth-century rationalism, the volume juxtaposes diverse "revelations" to test the uniqueness of any single scripture. Its style moves between polemic, historical summary, textual comparison, and reformist critique, making it both a document of religious dissent and an ambitious compendium of world-scriptural traditions. Kersey Graves and Lydia M. Graves write from the milieu of American freethought, reform culture, and comparative religion as it emerged before the modern academic study of religions had fully consolidated. Their collective project reflects an era fascinated by origins, parallels, and the social power of belief. By placing biblical traditions alongside other claimed revelations, the work participates in broader movements of skepticism, anti-clerical critique, and democratic access to religious knowledge. Readers interested in the history of religion, secular thought, or nineteenth-century intellectual culture will find this volume a provocative and revealing work. It offers a distinctive opportunity to examine multiple traditions within one argumentative frame, encouraging comparison across doctrines, myths, and scriptures. Its value lies not only in its conclusions, but in the dialogue it opens between faith, criticism, history, and literary form.
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GenreSpirituality and Religion, Literary Classics
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Table of contents
1The Bible of Bibles; Or, Twenty-Seven "Divine" Revelations (Annotated)
109III. CHARACTER OF JACOB, MORAL DEFECTS OF.
2The Bible of Bibles; Or, Twenty-Seven "Divine" Revelations
110CHAPTER XXX.—CHARACTER OF DAVID-HIS NUMEROUS CRIMES.
3THE PERSONALITY OF GOD.
111II. CHARACTER OF SOLOMON.
4MORE BIBLES.
112III. LOT AND HIS WIFE AND DAUGHTERS.
5THE LEADING POSITIONS OF THIS WORK.
113CHAPTER XXXI.—CHARACTER OF THE JEWISH PROPHETS.
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6THE BIBLE OF BIBLES.
114II. THE PROPHETS ELIJAH AND ELISHA.
7CHAPTER I.—THE SIGNS OF THE TIMES.
115THE FEATS OR ELISHA.
8THE COMING REVOLUTION.
116CHAPTER XXXII.—PROGRESSIVE IDEAS OF DEITY.
9REASON WILL SOON TRIUMPH.
117IDOLATRY: ITS CHARACTER, USES, HARMLESSNESS, AND PRIMARY ORIGIN.
10CHAPTER II.—APOLOGY AND EXPLANATION.
118POLYTHEISM.—THIS WORD IS FROM POLUS , "MANY," AND THEOS ,
11I. JEHOVAH.
119II. ALL CHRISTIANS ATHEISTS OR IDOLATERS.
12II. THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS.
120CHAPTER XXXIII.—NEW-TESTAMENT ERRORS.
13CHAPTER III.—WHY THIS WORK WAS WRITTEN,
121I. DIVINE REVELATION IMPOSSIBLE AND UNNECESSARY.
14II. THE MORAL TRUTHS OF THE BIBLE.
122II. REVELATION FOR ONE AGE AND NATION NO REVELATION FOR ANOTHER.
15III. WHY RESORT TO RIDICULE?
123III. A REVELATION ON THE BRAIN CALLED REASON.
16THE PRINCIPAL DESIGN OF THIS WORK.
124IV. THE HUMAN BRAIN SUPERIOR TO ANY REVELATION.
17DON'T READ PERNICIOUS BOOKS.
125V. INFALLIBLE REVELATION IMPOSSIBLE.
18TWO THOUSAND BIBLE ERRORS.
126VI. EVERY THING MUST BE INFALLIBLE.
19BIBLES USEFUL IN THEIR PLACE.
127VII. NO DIVINE REVELATION WITHOUT A SERIES OF MIRACLES.
20CHAPTER IV.—THE BEAUTIES AND BENEFITS OF BIBLES.
128IX. NO MORAL DUTY CLEARLY DEFINED BY THE BIBLE.
21A HIGHER PLANE OF DEVELOPMENT HAS BEEN ATTAINED.
129X. OUR DUTIES ARE ALL RECORDED IN THE BIBLE OF NATURE.
22LOOK AT THE DIFFERENCE.
130XI. A DIVINE REVELATION ADVERSE TO HUMAN PROGRESS.
23BIBLE WRITERS HONEST.
131XII. A DIVINE REVELATION WOULD IMPLY IMPERFECTION ON THE PART OF DEITY.
24GENERAL CLAIMS OF BIBLES.
132CHAPTER XXXIV.—PRIMEVAL INNOCENCY OF MAN NOT TRUE.
25CHAPTER V.—TWENTY-SEVEN BIBLES DESCRIBED.
133CHAPTER XXXV.—ORIGINAL SIN AND FALL OF MAN.
26THE HINDOO BIBLES.
134CHAPTER XXXVI.—THE MORAL DEPRAVITY OF MAN A DELUSION.
27I. THE VEDAS.
135CHAPTER XXXVII.—FREE AGENCY AND MORAL ACCOUNTABILITY.
28II. THE INSTITUTES OF MENU.
136CHAPTER XXXVIII.—REPENTANCE,—THE DOCTRINE ERRONEOUS.
29III. RAMAYANA.
137DEATH-BED REPENTANCE.
30IV. THE MAHABARAT.
138CHAPTER XXXIX.—FORGIVENESS FOR SIN, AN IMMORAL DOCTRINE.
31V. THE PURANS, OR PORANAS.
139CHAPTER XL.—CAN GOD BE SUBJECT TO ANGER?
32VI. ANALOGIES OF THE BRAHMIN AND JEWISH RELIGION.
140CHAPTER XLI.—ATONEMENT FOR SIN, AN IMMORAL DOCTRINE.
33VII. ANTIQUITY OF INDIA.
141CHAPTER XLII.—SPECIAL PROVIDENCE, AN ERRONEOUS DOCTRINE.
34CHAPTER VI.—THE EGYPTIAN BIBLE.
142CHAPTER XLIII.—FAITH AND BELIEF, BIBLE ERRORS RESPECTING.
35THE "HERMAS."
143CHAPTER XLIV.—A PERSONAL GOD IMPOSSIBLE.
36ANALOGY OF THE EGYPTIAN AND JEWISH RELIGIONS.
144CHAPTER XLV.—EVIL, NATURAL AND MORAL, EXPLAINED.
37ANTIQUITY OF EGYPT.
145CHAPTER XLVI.—TRUE SALVATION, OK THE RATIONAL VIEW OF SIN.
38CHAPTER VII.—THE PERSIAN BIBLES.
146CHAPTER XLVII.—THE BIBLE SANCTIONS EVERY SPECIES OF CRIME.
39I. THE ZEND AYESTA.
147I. THE BIBLE SANCTIONS MURDER.
40II. PERSIAN BIBLE—THE SADDER.
148II. THE BIBLE SANCTIONS THEFT OR ROBBERY.
41ANALOGY OF THE PERSIAN AND JEWISH RELIGIONS.
149III. THE BIBLE SANCTIONS WAR.
42ANTIQUITY OF THE PERSIAN RELIGION.
150IV. THE BIBLE SANCTIONS THE EVIL OF INTEMPERANCE.
43CHAPTER VIII.—CHINESE BIBLES.
151V. THE CRIME OF SLAVE-HOLDING SANCTIONED BY THE BIBLE.
44KINGS AND SHOO.
152VI. THE BIBLE SANCTIONS POLYGAMY.
45I. TA-HEO; OR, GREAT LEARNING.
153VII. LICENTIOUSNESS IS SANCTIONED BY THE BIBLE.
46II. THE CHUNG YUNG; OR, THE DOCTRINE OF THE MEAN.
154VIII. THE BIBLE SANCTIONS WIFE-CATCHING.
47III. THE BOOK OF MANG, OF MENCIUS.
155IX. THE CRIMES OF TREACHERY AND ASSASSINATION.
48IV. SHOO KING; OR, BOOK OF HISTORY.
156CHAPTER XLVIII.—IMMORAL INFLUENCE OF THE BIBLE.
49V. THE SHE KING; OR, BOOK OF POETRY.
157CHAPTER XLIX.—THE BIBLE AT WAR WITH EIGHTEEN SCIENCES.
50VI. THE CHUN TSEN; OR, SPRING AND SUMMER.
158CHAPTER L.—THE BIBLE AS A MORAL NECESSITY.
51VII. THE TAO-TE KING; OR, DOCTRINE OF REASON.
159THE MORAL BENEFITS OF INFIDELITY.
52ANALOGY OF THE CHINESE AND JEWISH RELIGIONS.
160BURNING THE WORLD'S BENEFACTORS AS INFIDELS.
53CONCLUDING INFERENCE.
161CHAPTER LI.—SEND NO MOKE BIBLES TO THE HEATHEN.
54CHAPTER IX.—BIBLES
162"THE BIBLE AS A MORAL NECESSITY."
55I. THE SOFFEES' BIBLE—THE MUSNAVI.
163CHAPTER LII.—WHAT SHALL WE BELIEVE AND DO TO BE SAVED?
56II. THE PARSEES' BIBLE—"BOUR DESOT."
164I. HINDOO'S ANSWER TO THE QUESTION.
57III. THE TAMALESE BIBLE.
165THE EGYPTIAN'S ANSWER.
58IV. SCANDINAVIAN BIBLE.
166THE CHINESE ANSWER.
59V. THE KALMUCS' BIBLE.
167THE PERSIAN'S AND CHALDEAN'S ANSWER.
60VI. THE ATHENIAN BIBLE.
168THE JAPANESE ANSWER TO THE QUESTION.
61VII. THE CABALISTS' BIBLE.
169THE MAHOMEDAN ANSWER TO THE QUESTION.
62CHAPTER X.—THE MAHOMEDAN BIBLE—THE KORAN.
170THE CHRISTIAN CHURCHES' ANSWER TO THE QUESTION.
63TESTIMONY OF THREE WITNESSES.
171THE CATHOLIC'S ANSWER.
64III. THE SHAKERS' BIBLE.
172THE GREEK CHRISTIAN'S ANSWER.
65CHAPTER XI.—THE JEWISH BIBLE.
173THE PRESBYTERIAN'S ANSWER TO THE QUESTION.
66CHAPTER XII.—THE CHRISTIANS' BIBLE.
174THE UNITARIAN CHRISTIAN'S ANSWER.
67CHAPTER XIII.—-GENERAL ANALOGIES OF BIBLES.
175THE JEW'S ANSWER TO THE QUESTION.
68II. SUPERIOR FEATURES OF HEATHEN BIBLES.
176THE BAPTIST'S ANSWER
69CHAPTER XIV.—THE INFIDELS' BIBLE.
177THE QUAKER'S ANSWER.
70CHAPTER XV.—TWO THOUSAND BIBLE ERRORS. OLD TESTAMENT DEPARTMENT.
178SIX HUNDRED ROADS TO HEAVEN.
71A HUNDRED AND TWENTY-THREE ERRORS IN THE STORY OF CREATION.
179ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY BIBLE TRANSLATIONS AND COMMENTARIES.
72THE TREE OF KNOWLEDGE AND THE TREE OF LIFE.
180CHAPTER LIII.—THE THREE PLANS OF SALVATION.
73II. THE SCIENTISTS ACCOUNT OF CREATION.
181THE FALL AND CURSE.
74CHAPTER XVI.—ABSURDITIES IN THE ARK AND FLOOD STORY.
182THE CURSE OF THE SERPENT.
75CHAPTER XVII.—THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, MORAL DEFECTS OF.
183THE SECOND SCHEME OF REDEMPTION.
76CHAPTER XVIII.—FOOLISH BIBLE STORIES.
184THE THIRD AND LAST PLAN OF SALVATION.
77I. TALKING SERPENTS AND TALKING ASSES.—GEN. III., NUM. XXII.
185CHAPTER LIV.—THE TRUE RELIGION.
78II. THE STORY OF CAIN, ABSURDITIES OF.
186THE RELIGION FOR THIS AGE
79III. THE ARK OF THE COVENANT, ABSURDITIES OF.—1 SAM. CHAP. VI.
187CHAPTER LV.—"ALL SCRIPTURE IS GIVEN BY INSPIRATION OF GOD."
80IV. KORAH, DATHAN, AND ABIRAM, ABSURDITIES.—NUM. CHAP. XVI.
188ADDITIONS, ALTERATIONS, AND INTERPOLATIONS.
81V. THE STORY OF DANIEL AND NEBUCHADNEZZAR.
189FORGED GOSPELS AND EPISTLES.
82VI. SODOM AND GOMORRAH.
190LOST BOOKS FOUND OR RE-WRITTEN.
83VII. TOWER OF BABEL.
191IMPOSSIBILITY OF POSSESSING A RELIABLE TRANSLATION.
84VIII. STOPPING THE SUN AND MOON,—ABSURDITIES OF THE STORY.
192MANY DIFFERENT CHRISTIAN BIBLES.
85IX. THE STORY OF SAMSON,—ITS ABSURDITIES.
193CHAPTER LVI.—INFIDELS UNDER THE ORIENTAL SYSTEMS,
86X. STORY OF JONAH,—ITS ABSURDITIES.
194I. THE RELIGIOUS SKEPTICS OF INDIA.
87CHAPTER XIX.—BIBLE PROPHECIES NOT FULFILLED.
195II. SECTS AND INFIDELS IN GREECE AND ROME.
88CHAPTER XX.—MIRACLES, ERRONEOUS BELIEF IN.
196III. SECTS AND SKEPTICS IN EGYPT.
89CHAPTER XXI.—ERRORS OF THE BIBLE IN FACTS AND FIGURES.
197IV. SECTS AND SKEPTICS IN CHINA.
90CHAPTER XXII.—BIBLE CONTRADICTIONS-TWO HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-SEVEN.
198V. PERSIAN SECTS AND SKEPTICS.
91I. CONTRADICTIONS IN MATTERS OF FACT AND IN DOCTRINES.
199VI. MAHOMEDAN SKEPTICS AND SECTS.
92CONTRADICTIONS IN HISTORY.
200CHAPTER LVII.—SECTS, SCHISMS, AND SKEPTICS IN CHRISTIAN COUNTRIES.
93THE CHRONOLOGY OF THE KINGS OF JUDAH AND ISRAEL ARE A MASS OF CONFUSION.
201CHAPTER LVIII.—MODERN CHRISTIANITY ONE-HALF INFIDELITY.
94NEW-TESTAMENT CONTRADICTIONS.
202CHAPTER LIX.—CHARACTER OF THE CHRISTIAN'S GOD.
95CHAPTER XXIII.—OBSCENE LANGUAGE OF THE BIBLE—TWO HUNDRED CASES.
203CHAPTER LX.—ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY ERRORS OF JESUS CHRIST.
96A PARTIAL LIST OF THE OBSCENE PASSAGES OF THE BIBLE.
204I. THE MORAL AND RELIGIOUS ERRORS OF CHRIST.
97CHAPTER XXIV.—CIRCUMCISION A HEATHEN CUSTOM.
205II. SCIENTIFIC ERRORS OF CHRIST.
98II. FASTING AND FEASTING.
206III. CHRIST'S ERRORS OF OMISSION.
99CHAPTER XXV.—HOLY MOUNTAINS, LANDS, CITIES, AND RIVERS.
207CHAPTER LXI.—CHARACTER AND ERRONEOUS DOCTRINES OF THE APOSTLES.
100I. HOLY MOUNTAINS.
208CHAPTER LXII.—CHARACTER OF PAUL, AND HIS DOCTRINES.
101II. HOLY LANDS AND HOLY CITIES.
2092. CHARACTER AND ERRONEOUS DOCTRINES OF PETER.
102III. HOLY RIVERS AND HOLY WATER.
210CHAPTER LXIII.—IDOLATROUS VENERATION FOR BIBLES.
103CHAPTER XXVI.—BIBLE CHARACTERS.
211CHAPTER LXIV.—SPIRITUAL OR IMPLIED SENSE OF BIBLES.
104I. CHARACTER OF JEHOVAH.
212CHAPTER LXV.—WHAT SHALL WE SUBSTITUTE FOR THE BIBLE?
105CHAPTER XXVII.—CHARACTER OF GOD'S "HOLY PEOPLE," THE JEWS.
213CHAPTER LXVI.—RELIGIOUS RECONSTRUCTION; OR, THE MORAL NECESSITY FOR A SCIENTIFIC BASIS FOR RELIGION.
106CHAPTER XXVIII.—CHARACTER OF MOSES; MORAL DEFECTS OF.
214CONCLUSION.—SEVERAL IMPORTANT POINTS.
107CHAPTER XXIX.—CHARACTER OF ABRAHAM, MORAL DEFECTS OF.
215Memorable Quotes
108II. CHARACTER OF ISAAC.
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