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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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.