Historic Doubts Respecting Shakespeare: Illustrating Infidel Objections Against The Bible

by Samuel Mosheim Scmucker

Historic Doubts Respecting Illustrating Infidel Objections Against The Bible is a book written by Samuel Mosheim Scmucker and published in 1853. The book presents a series of arguments that question the authorship of William Shakespeare's plays and poems, comparing them to the doubts and objections raised by skeptics against the authenticity and reliability of the Bible. Scmucker argues that just as there are those who doubt the divine inspiration of the Bible, there are also those who doubt that Shakespeare was the true author of the works attributed to him.
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482 pages, Paperback

First published September 10, 1853

Reviews

[Yibbie · Rating 5 out of 5]

I picked this up for a lark. It was the end of a long and very twisted reading journey starting in the Money Pit of Oak Island and wondering through the most absurd of literary conspiracy theories. And in the end, it was the greatest, most magnificent surprise all.
All I knew, from a very brief mention in Contested Will: Who Wrote Shakespeare?, ( my review here ), was that Scmucker parodied the Higher Critics of the Bible by applying all their arguments to disprove the very existence of Shakespeare. That just sounded amusing. Never could I have guessed that it would turn into the most amazing book of apologetics that I have every read! It was so beautifully founded in complete trust of the Bible and our Savior. Never once did the author give an inch to anyone who questions the historicity, applicableness, authority, or truth of the Bible, from Genesis to Revelation. Not only does he refute the critics of his day, but he also marvelously lays out the foundational Christian doctrines that their teachings undermined.
He names names. The people he mentions have unfortunately shaped our world in the exactly the way he foresaw. From Benjamin Franklin's agnosticism to Paine's Age of Reason he opens the Scriptures and shows just how flawed their teachings were. It could have been dated, but the Scripture truths he teaches are just as simply powerful today. How could they not be as they are based in eternal truth.
That is what makes this the best apologetics book I've ever read. It teaches the Bible. It doesn't assume the reader knows the Bible and just needs to be exposed to the fallacies of various world views or teachers. It starts where the Bible starts and builds from there. Its absolute confidence in the Bible leaves the reader rejoicing in the victory of Christ our Lord. I really can't express the joy I felt throughout this book.
I suppose no book short of the Bible can ever be perfect, so this one is no exception. He was a Lutheran so promotes infant Baptism. As I can't see that taught anywhere in Scripture, I do think he got that wrong. Still, I would give this to everyone. It is an investment, but so worth it. You can find it through Google Books as a free download, but it is corrupted and a little hard to decipher. I hope the print version I have on the way is easier to read. But if you have to, find the free version. I did find that having an AI app read it to me smoothed out most of the corrupted type.