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Letter From First Publisher of the Bible

A recently discovered letter from the 1st century. It’s from the first publisher of the Bible. 

Dear Sir,

We feel it is important to present to you some editorial suggestions for the sake of your book’s marketability. Our review board thought it would be best to leave out some of the less-believable material like talking donkeys, floating ax heads, parting of the sea, and things like that. Also we left out some other things, even though they are factual. Clearly, you haven’t included every thing that ever happened, so why not omit a few features that might otherwise harm your book’s sales? For instance, the inclusion in Joshua of the story of a prostitute named Rahab. Why make such a character a key figure in your main story line? To bring her name up again in the New Testament as an illustration of good living seems to be using poor judgment too. Worst of all is her name appearing in the genealogy of Jesus along with two other women of questionable background. We are simply interested in your work being polished in a way that it will be widely read and accepted. Thank You for working with us. (Source Unknown)