{"id":8456,"date":"2023-11-28T11:04:34","date_gmt":"2023-11-28T16:04:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/christnewstoday\/?p=8456"},"modified":"2023-11-28T11:04:34","modified_gmt":"2023-11-28T16:04:34","slug":"woman-finds-mysterious-318-year-old-bible-in-an-iowa-nursing-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/christnewstoday\/2023\/11\/woman-finds-mysterious-318-year-old-bible-in-an-iowa-nursing-home.html","title":{"rendered":"Woman Finds Mysterious, 318-Year-Old Bible in an Iowa Nursing Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_8462\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8462\" style=\"width: 768px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8462\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/409\/2023\/11\/318-year-old-bible-credit-inside-edition-youtube.png\" alt=\"318 year old bible\" width=\"768\" height=\"485\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8462\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Inside Edition\/YouTube.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A bookstore owner recently spoke out after making a remarkable discovery at an Iowa nursing home: a mysterious 318-year-old Bible. Kathy Magruder told KCCI-TV she found the book in the library of the Calvin Community home.<\/p>\n<p>It was a fascinating find for Magruder, who runs Pageturners Bookstore, where she sells new and old books. She had gone to the home to find unique texts, and the Bible eventually stood out. She told the <em>Independent Advocate, <\/em>\u201cThere were a lot of older books, which were fun, and I chose those, but I saw this on a shelf. It doesn\u2019t look like anything special. I said, \u2018You know, I think that one is kind of old; I\u2019m going to have to research that one because I can\u2019t even make an offer until I have some idea what it is.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>KCCI-TV reported that the Bible was printed in 1705 in Sellkirkshire, Scotland, and was potentially done so illegally without the monarchy\u2019s permission. Such an infraction could lead to a death sentence at the time. Magruder was also able to track down who initially owned the Bible, as there was reportedly a family history scribbled in the middle of the book.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7hYXebnSaW0?si=MBLzVbkKQ6jz863M\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>She said, \u201cI knew exactly where this book was at a particular time and a particular place, and I knew who owned it, which was pretty exciting. You don\u2019t find that very often.\u201d One of the entries\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianola-ia.com\/news\/owner-of-pageturners-bookstore-unearths-mysterious-bible-318-years-old\/article_3cec849e-7698-11ee-8fee-538f106de6d6.html\">read<\/a>, \u201cJanet Scott, my Spouse, Died on Wednesday, third Day of Novm 1773, Aged 33 years of the Smallpox.\u201d It was a reference to a couple written in the family history named James Burnet and Janet Scott, who had married in 1761 and had three daughters, according to the written history.<\/p>\n<p>Magruder also tracked the publisher to learn more about his family and how the book came to be printed. Nursing home officials don\u2019t know how the Bible arrived at the location, and Magruder hasn\u2019t yet been able to locate relatives of the original owners.<\/p>\n<p>The big question, of course, is how it made its way over the pond and into the U.S. Magruder\u2019s quest to dig up additional information continues. She eventually plans to sell the Bible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A bookstore owner recently spoke out after making a remarkable discovery at an Iowa nursing home: a mysterious 318-year-old Bible. Kathy Magruder told KCCI-TV she found the book in the library of the Calvin Community home. It was a fascinating find for Magruder, who runs Pageturners Bookstore, where she sells new and old books. 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