Subject: Calvinism

Printed by Charles Pierce. This 1797 edition of John Macgowan's "The Life of Joseph the Son of Israel in Eight Books" is a single, small book. Macgowan (1726-1780), a controversial Scottish Baptist minister with Calvinistic leanings, was a prolific author whose works gained popularity in early America. Initially published in London in 1771, this work on Joseph, a significant figure in the Hebrew Bible, went through numerous editions into the 19th century.