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La Bible amusante

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La Bible amusante pour les grands et les enfants
An illustration from La Bible amusante
AuthorLéo Taxil
IllustratorFrid'rick
LanguageFrench
SubjectReligion
GenreHumour
PublisherLibraire anticléricale
Publication date
1882
Publication placeFrance
Pages400
OCLC15011914
Preceded byCalotte et calotins, histoire illustrée di clergé et des congrégations 
Followed byL'empoisonneur Léon XIII et les cinq millions du chanoine 

La Bible amusante pour les grands et les enfants (The Amusing Bible for Grown-ups and Children) was a book by Léo Taxil with illustrations by Frid'rick published in 1882 by Libraire anticléricale, in which he pointed out what he considered to be inconsistencies, errors and false beliefs.[1] At the time of publication the author was accused of irreverently mocking the Bible.[2] The Times called for the book to be suppressed.[3]

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  1. ^ Marsh, Joss (1998). Word crimes: blasphemy, culture, and literature in nineteenth-century England. University of Chicago Press. p. 140. ISBN 978-0-226-50691-3.
  2. ^ "London Town Talk". The Star. Christchurch, New Zealand. 16 May 1881. Retrieved 4 November 2009.
  3. ^ Herrick, Jim (1982). Vision and realism: a hundred years of the Freethinker. G.W. Foote. p. 10. ISBN 978-0-9508243-0-7.
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