A reprint of an 1879 book, the author compares 27 books of sacred scripture with the Bible and finds inconsistencies within the Bible itself. His stated purpose is to use science and history to prove that the Bible was written at a time when the level of civilization was of an animal (or lower) nature and that it should not be used as a moral or religlious text for that reason. I have also studied some of the other sacred texts, and found that most of them include the same moral precepts, such as the Golden Rule. Details differ and wording is not the same (due to different languages and social cultures behind the works), but the God that appears in each of them has the same basic capabilities and purposes. Further, it should be noticed that this book was authored in America, a land of religious freedom, something that would not have been possible in many of the lands and times that produced all of these sacred texts. For me, it is an excellent resource for the questions raised in the study of apologetics. ( )