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Post by CoolJGS☺ on Jan 19, 2018 11:36:40 GMT
Bible
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Post by pippinmaniac on Jan 23, 2018 2:30:11 GMT
The Bible, starting in Genesis.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 23, 2018 2:53:19 GMT
Are we sure we know how old the Bible is?
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Post by karryon99v2 on Jan 23, 2018 4:45:48 GMT
The Illiad
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Post by needysboy on Feb 3, 2018 0:30:59 GMT
Excluding religious books and the classical authors, Robinson Crusoe (1719) by Daniel Defoe and The Castle of Otranto (1764) by Horace Walpole.
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Post by TheSowIsMine on Feb 8, 2018 12:06:41 GMT
Mariken van Nieumeghen (1518)
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Post by vegalyra on Feb 8, 2018 22:15:01 GMT
The oldest physical book (that I could actually read) was probably Joseph Story's Commentaries on the Constitution. It was a 3 volume set and took quite some time to go through. I believe it was published in 1833. I was careful with the pages... I've held books that were much older, but they were typically in Latin, Italian, German or French which unfortunately I know only a few words of in each language (I know a bit more German than the others). Oldest books would probably be the Gilgamesh, the Bible, Odyssey, Iliad (the typical subjects). I haven't read much in the way of eastern texts unfortunately. There are just too many things to read from the ancients, but I'm fascinated by them and the knowledge and ideas they convey.
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Post by Morgana on Feb 14, 2018 13:44:37 GMT
The Illiad. Edit: The Bible.
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Post by Morgana on Feb 14, 2018 13:45:04 GMT
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Post by geezer on Feb 22, 2018 0:40:16 GMT
The Bible
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Post by koskiewicz on Feb 22, 2018 3:26:57 GMT
... how is "oldest book" defined???
My 3 volume 1,001 Arabian Knights Entertainments was published in 1842.
The bible and all the other mentioned are recently published, unless otherwise indicated.
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