Scripture and Science

Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Pocket Edition

By: Mary Baker Eddy

Collection ID

PBK.007439

Type

Printed Book

Date

1929

Geography

United States

Language

English

Medium

Printed on Paper

Dimensions

6.6 × 5.3 × 0.9 in. (16.7 × 13.5 × 2.2 cm)

Exhibit Location

Not on View

Mary Baker Eddy was the founder of Christian Science and the associated Church of Christ, Scientist. Eddy doubted the existence of physical matter, insisting instead that all was ultimately spirit, just as God was spirit. It followed that diseases were primarily spiritual rather than physical ailments, which should be treated with prayer rather than medicine. Eddy’s most prominent work, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, first appeared in 1875 and went through over 400 editions within the next 40 years. The text ends with an anthology of personal testimonies that describe miraculous recoveries and healings via the tenets of Christian Science. This 1929 pocket edition contains handwritten notes from an attentive reader.

Printed in 1929 by University Press in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Acquired by 2020 by Ted Steinbock, private collector, Louisville, Kentucky; Privately purchased in 2020 by Museum of the Bible, Washington, DC.

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