author
Lydia M. Graves
Best known as the assistant authoress of a wide-ranging nineteenth-century critique of scripture, this little-documented writer is linked to a book that compares many religious traditions and challenges biblical claims. Her name survives mainly through that unusual collaboration, which still catches the attention of readers interested in freethought and religious debate.
1 Audiobook
The Bible of Bibles; Or, Twenty-Seven "Divine" Revelations
by Kersey Graves, Lydia M. Graves
About the author
Lydia M. Graves is a little-known author whose name is chiefly associated with The Bible of Bibles; Or, Twenty-Seven "Divine" Revelations. In the Project Gutenberg text of the work, she is identified as the book’s "assistant authoress," and library and bookseller records consistently list her as a joint author alongside Kersey Graves.
The book belongs to the freethought tradition of the nineteenth century. It sets out to compare many sacred texts and to question errors and contradictions in the Christian Bible, giving it a place in the era’s outspoken debates about religion, history, and authority.
Very little reliable biographical information about Lydia M. Graves appears to be readily available in major public sources, so much of her story remains unclear. What can be said with confidence is that her legacy rests on this unusual and ambitious collaboration, which continues to circulate in reprints and digital editions for readers curious about dissenting religious literature.