Book Burnings

Throughout history, book burning has been an effective way of stopping "the enemy's" ideals from "poisoning the minds" of citizens. The following is a timeline of book burning through the ages.

213 B.C.: Emperor Qin Shi Huang orders all books of non-Qin province philosophy to be burned.

31 B.C.- A.D. 476: Romans burns Jewish and Christian scripture all throughout the reign of the Roman Empire.

Abt. 1200-1600: Several popes direct copies of the Talmud to be burned.

Abt. 1500: William Tyndale's English translation of the Bible is burned by priests claiming it is "heresy".

1499: The Spanish Inquisition burns over 5000 Arabic manuscripts

1562: Spanish conquistadors burn sacred Mayan texts

Abt. 1640: Martin Luther's translation of the Bible is burned in Catholic Germany

1730: The Archbishop of Salzburg himself oversees the burning of Protestant bibles.

Abt. 1920: The Soviet Union burns countless numbers of "western" manuscripts

1984: Orthodox Jews burn copies of the New Testament in Jerusalem

1988: The Satanic verse are burned in English towns Bolton and Bradford.

2010: Pastor Terry Jones threatens to burn 200 copies of the Qur'an in retaliation for communist attacks on U.S. Troops.