Civilian Bible?

[RMhisteach]

I would love to get my hands on a civilian Bible. I know alot of others that would also be interested please give us updates when the project is in process.

RM

[RedkepiWA]

I was given one for free at an event by a real preacher....potraying a CW preacher. It was Black and hard bound and about the size as a pocket testament. It also was only the New Testament and Psalms. I still have it and think it is wonderful. It has a copy right date (copy of 1863 in side.

[jgr1974]

Hello all!!!

I have some good news and bad news! At the moment the Bible project is put on the back burner. I received an estimate from the American Bible society. It is $5,000-$6,000 I have to buy a minimum. This is not a project I can afford at this time. I do hope to pursue the project at a later date when funds are available!

I do have a few other projects in the works though!

Jeremy Richardson aka The Mad Mick!
Trinity Trading Company

[RMhisteach]

HOw many bible would that purchase???????

RM

[jgr1974]

That is just a guestimate. I am trying to work with the Amerrican Bible Society. Minimum purchse of "custom" Bibles is 2,000 price will proobably go a little higher to make the Bible authentic for reenactors.

Jeremy

[RMhisteach]

I am all for it. You may want to shoot an email to Alan Farley at Reenactors Mission for Jesus Christ. He was responsible for reproducing the solider's testements that are out there.

RM

[Army30th]

that the reproduced testaments currently on the market by the Reenactor's Mission or the US Sani Commission, cannot remember which, are not being reproduced anymore. And that the last batch made was indeed the last batch.

I have three of the Confederate testaments and have compared them to the Yankee versions. With the exception of publisher imprint, and color, they are exactly the same.

[Rob Weaver]

In terms of text, there's only one choice available: the Authorized Version, also known as the King James Bible. While the text is copyright free, and inexpensive to print, producing a Bible or testament using 19th century bookbinding techniques is an expensive project. There are 24 Bibles in a case as shipped by ABS and, I think, 100 testaments. Do the math to figure out how many exact books that would give. Unfortunately, the classic "old Bible look" that we associate with old Bibles: floppy leather cover, etc, really only dates from the last quarter of the 19th century. I have an 1867 family Bible that is hardbound and leather covered. It also has a dictionary and several other study tools. I've also got a little testament from 1847 that's leather bound as well. They really did read those big family Bibles in the mid-nineteenth century, so should you find one at a reasonable price at a second hand bookstore, it would serve your civilian purposes nicely (unless the added weight would knock 20 gallons off the milage of your car )
If you're looking for a pocket testament, you could always make one fairly easily. Jarnagin's used to make a pocket testament that was simply a Gideon's testament recovered with a leather wrap-around cover with a slotted closure. I've also seen hardbound, clothcovered testaments as late as the 1940s that have a strongly 19th century look about them.