The Testimony of the Rocks

By: Hugh Miller

Collection ID

PBK.006724

Type

Printed Book

Date

1857

Geography

United States

Language

English

Medium

Printed on Paper

Dimensions

7.5 × 5.1 × 1.1 in. (19 × 13 × 2.7 cm)

Exhibit Location

Not on View

Hugh Miller was a Scottish geologist and Christian who wrote extensively on the relationship between the Bible and geology. Miller rejected the evolutionary theories of his day as unsupported by the currently available evidence but insisted that geology proved the earth was extremely old. In The Testimony of the Rocks, he argued that the geological processes which shaped the earth demonstrated the wisdom, power, and design of God. The book was published posthumously the year after his death.

Printed in 1857 by Hurst and Company, New York, New York. Acquired by 2018 by Hook’s Book Nook, bookseller, Pottstown, Pennsylvania;[1] Purchased in 2018 by Ted Steinbock, private collector, Louisville, Kentucky; Privately purchased in 2020 by Museum of the Bible, Washington, DC.

Notes: [1] There is a handwritten note with initials on the front flyleaf in the hand of a young child. It reads, “T. D. The childrens library.” It has not been possible to identify this library or determine when this library possessed the book prior to its acquisition by Hook’s Book Nook.

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