The Child's First Bible: Mainly in Words of One and Two Syllables, Fourth Edition

Book by Frederick De Sola Mendes, published in New York in 1887. This is the fourth revised and enlarged edition, fourteenth thousand. The book simplifies the text of Genesis, Exodus, Numbers, and portions of the Prophets and Judges for younger children, with questions following each chapter. The book is bound in contemporary printed paper over boards; hinges are cracked, and a bookplate has been removed from the front pastedown. The text is clean but shows light uniform browning. The author was a prominent New York Rabbi and scholar, a founder of the Conservative Jewish publication *The American Hebrew*, and an original member of the New York Board of Jewish Ministers (later renamed the New York Board of Rabbis in 1946). This edition is considered scarce.

Associated People/Businesses

• De Sola Mendes, F[rederick]

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Subjects

• Bible
• Religious education
• Conservative Judaism

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