Uintah Basin Record | 1933-11-10 | Page 2 | Genesis in 17th Place in Abbreviated Bible

Genesis in 17th Place in Abbreviated Bible Chicago. A modernized and abbreviated ab-breviated version of the Bible, with books rearranged to appear In the order In which they originally were written, has Just been published by the University of Chicago Press. The lirst book Is not Genesl3, but Amos, written 400 years earlier. Genesis, written In 350 B. C, Is seventeenth sev-enteenth among the books. Amos Is followed by tlosea. MIcah, Isaiah, Zephaniah. Nahum and Deuteronomy Deuteron-omy in order. The new short Bible, condensed to 515 book-size pages, was edited by Dr. Edgar J. Good-speed Good-speed and the late Prof. L. U. P. Smith, whoso American translation of the King James version precipitated precipi-tated a lively church controversy two years ago.