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English Bibles on trial : Bible burning and the desecration of Bibles, 1640-1800 / Avner Shamir.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Furness Shakespeare Library (Van Pelt 628) BS455 .S525 2017
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Shamir, Avner, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bible--English--History--17th century.
- Bible.
- Bible--English--History--18th century.
- History.
- Great Britain--Church history--17th century.
- Great Britain.
- Church history.
- Great Britain--Church history--18th century.
- Eighteenth century.
- Seventeenth century.
- Genre:
- Church history.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 212 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2017.
- Contents:
- Bible burning: the historical significance of a gesture
- Desecrating and burning Bibles
- Bible burners and their motives
- The gesture
- Phantom Bible burners.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Shamir, Avner, author. English Bibles on trial
- ISBN:
- 9781138200784
- 1138200786
- OCLC:
- 966870788
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