As promised a Taster of Marcion

[Sherlock-Holmes]

@Old_man_shouts_at_cl

Yes they will, if they enjoy reading antiquarian texts.

Which they will if they enjoy exploring Bibles.

@Old_man_shouts_at_cl

The set you have (nicely preserved) seems to be the American bootleg set. Published without permission from the authors or original publishers

That might be true I never checked, that’s not my picture but the set of books seems the same.

@Old_man_shouts_at_cl

The section on Marcion is very prejudiced, as most writings in the Victorian era would have been.

That’s likely true, although I’ve read very little about Marcion, my main interest is in the ancient manuscripts that form the extra canonical gospels and epistles. There’s as much prejudice these days as there was in Victorian times, any belief that we are finally free from prejudice when it comes to interpreting scripture, is misguided.

@Old_man_shouts_at_cl

By all means read this set, as it does contain some valuable insights, however, it is a bit like trying to construct a modern electric express train from the blueprints of an engine built in 1865.

That’s a bit like discouraging people from reading Origin of Species given that we have so many more modern accurate books on the subject now.

Part of the appeal of older volumes like this is precisely because it reflects the prevailing prejudices of the time, that’s valuable history itself. Nobody can expect write history and not have it be challenged at a later date.