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Mary Baker Eddy Library > Collection Items > Historic Bible Collection > 1700s > The Self-Interpreting Bible: containing the sacred text of the Old and New Testaments: translated from the original tongues, and with the former translations diligently compared and revised, to which are annexed, marginal references and illustrations, an exact summary of the several books, a paraphrase on the most obscure or important parts, an analysis of the contents of each chapter, explanatory notes, and evangelical reflections by the late Rev. John Brown….Vol. 1 Genesis to Revelation.

May 14, 2017

The Self-Interpreting Bible: containing the sacred text of the Old and New Testaments: translated from the original tongues, and with the former translations diligently compared and revised, to which are annexed, marginal references and illustrations, an exact summary of the several books, a paraphrase on the most obscure or important parts, an analysis of the contents of each chapter, explanatory notes, and evangelical reflections by the late Rev. John Brown....Vol. 1 Genesis to Revelation.

Catalog Number:

138

Publisher:

New York: Hodge and Campbell, 1792.

Description:

Folio. Three-quarter contemporary calf. Frontispiece, title page, and last few pages in facsimile. This 1792 printing is famous as the first United States printing of the “Brown Bible” and for its “List of Subscribers,” beginning with George Washington.

Language:

English

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