The Saint John's Bible And Its Tradition

In An Age Of Ebooks And Screens, It May Seem Antiquated To Create AHandwritten, Illuminated BibleThe Benedictine Monks At Saint John's Abbey And University, However, Determined To Produce Such ABible For The Twentyfirst Century, ABible That Would Use Traditional Methods And Materials While Engaging Contemporary Questions And ConcernsIn An Age That Largely Overlooks The Physical Form Of Books, The Saint John's Bible Foregrounds The Importance Of ABook's Tactile And Visual QualitiesThis Collection Considers How The Saint John's Bible Fits Within The History Of The Bible As ABook, And How Its Haptic Qualities May Be Particularly Important In ADigital Age''this Book Refocuses Our Attention On How AStunningly Illuminated Bible, Such As The Saint John's Bible, Encourages Us To Meditate More Carefully, Look More Closely, And See Scripture In The Light Of Its Eternal BeautyAVery Thoughtful Collection Of Essays Makes This AValuable Resource.'' sandra Bowden, Artist, Author, And Former President Of Christians In The Visual Arts ''arguably, No Other Book In The History Of The World Has Inspired More Poets, Artists, And Musicians Than The BibleThe Reason Goes Far Deeper Than The Literary Qualities Of Any Biblical PassageJBaker, JBilbo, And DTrain's Arrangement Of Essays In The Saint John's Bible And Its Tradition Not Only Witnesses To The Expansive Imagination The Biblical Text Engenders, But It Also Bears Testimony To The Interpretation Of The Bible That The Imagination Fosters.'' michael Patella, Osb, Saint John's University, School Of Theology And Seminary ''this Intriguing Set Of Essays Shows How Illumination May Happen, Not Just On The Page But Also In Our Minds And Livesbut Only If We Are Willing To Replace Our Industrialized Habit Of 'processing' Words With Slow Practices Of Dwelling On The Words Of Scripture, In All Their Challenging Beauty.'' ellen FDavis, ARKearns Professor Of Bible And Practical Theology, Duke Divinity School ''the Authors Of Holy Scripture Understand How Important It Is For Human Beings Not Only To Think Rightly About God But To Taste And To See That The Lord Is Indeed Good...The Way To The True Knowledge And Love Of God Therefore Lies Through The Senses, Not Despite Or Beyond ThemThe Creators Of The Saint John's Bible Understand This Factand Exemplify It In AWork Of Extraordinary BeautyAnd The Authors Of This Volume Do Us ATremendous Favor By Showing Us How The Saint John's Bi
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