290-Year-Old Bible Finds Home at First Presbyterian: ; Ancient Text Bought at Local Book Sale

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When she first saw the book last month, Marilyn Walbe's first thought was, "This is fantastic!" Her next thought was, "What are we going to do with it?"

"It" was a massive, nearly 300-year-old German-language Martin Luther Bible, sitting in the collector's corner at the Kanawha County Public Library's annual book sale.

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290-Year-Old Bible Finds Home at First Presbyterian: ; Ancient Text Bought at Local Book Sale

"It gives you such a sense of history. It's real," said Betty Damewood, who's in charge of the archives at First Presbyterian Church in Charleston.

Tha...

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