Old Testament Stories Comically Illustrated by Watson Heston. The Stories Being Humorously Told, and Hard Facts Given Converning the Origin and Authenticity of the Old Testament.
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Link Singerman ID: supp2534
Year: 1892
Entry: Heston, Watson. Old Testament Stories Comically Illustrated by Watson Heston. The Stories Being Humorously Told, and Hard Facts Given Converning the Origin and Authenticity of the Old Testament. New York: The Truth Seeker Co., [c1892]. 394, [1] p., [1] p. of adv.
Author/Editor: Heston, Watson
Location: New York, NY
Holdings: In most academic libraries
Title: Old Testament Stories Comically Illustrated by Watson Heston. The Stories Being Humorously Told, and Hard Facts Given Converning the Origin and Authenticity of the Old Testament.
Printer/Publisher: The Truth Seeker Co.
Language: English
Notes: A mocking and irreverent freethought reinterpretation of the Hebrew Scriptures and Judaism. For instance, "To be sure, cannibalism may not have been any particular hardship to the ancient Jews, as there are many passages in their records which have given rise among learned men to the belief that they were to some extent cannibals. At any rate, they practiced human sacrifice, which is no better. Another way of looking at it is that the whole Christian religion is a cannibalistic one" (p. 192). The illustrations are full-page ones placed opposite the even-numbered pages. A companion volume of Heston’s New Testament Stories ... exists; the combined reprint ed. by the Truth Seeker Co. is entitled The Bible Comically Illustrated.