Letter from Theodore Parker, West Roxbury, [Massachusetts], to Convers Francis, [18]41 Dec[ember] 9

Parker, Theodore, 1810-1860 · [December 9, 1841]

Theodore Parker writes to Convers Francis in regards to Bible interpretations. He says that Francis is a "living library & a walking Academy of Arts & Science & Philosophies & theologies." He poses the question of why men are unwilling to marry on Friday. He wonders if it is a Teutonic superstition. He asks questions about the authors of the Old Testament and whether they knew of the "immortality of the soul." He asks his thoughts on the fall of man in the Bible