PROFESSOR TAKES ISSUE WITH 'PROHIBITION BIBLE'
Stockton, California (JFK+50) On March 16, 1925, The Evening Star reports that Professor George Colliver* says that the so-called 'Prohibition Bible' is "unscholarly (and) seeks to disguise historical fact."
The College of the Pacific** professor's viewpoint on this non-traditional bible is "to rule out all references to wine makes this unauthentic 'shorter' bible untrue."
Colliver points out that wine was "common enough in biblical days."
*George Colliver was head of the department of religious education at the College of the Pacific.
**College of the Pacific is a liberal arts college founded in Santa Clara, California in 1851. COTP was re-located in Stockton, CA in 1911.
SOURCE
"'Dry' Bible Is Assailed," The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., March 16, 1925, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
