New York’s Museum of Biblical Art is about to close down. What a shame: religious art may not attract wealthy donors, but the Bible has always been – and remains – a powerful trigger for artistic ...
The use of art as a bridge to Scripture and faith was one of the more fascinating subjects discussed at the October Synod of Bishops on the Bible. And one of the most interesting talks on that subject ...
In the early day of the pandemic, there was a viral expansion of advertisements and recommendations on my social media accounts about The Chosen, a 2019 drama series about the life of Jesus. Many ...
Seeing Scripture: An exhibit of biblical illustrations is rife with political and religious tension.
Since its opening in 2005, the Museum of Biblical Art (MOBIA) in New York City has mounted first-rate exhibitions on biblical themes. Whether looking at the Bible through the eyes of Georges Rouault ...
As the world reels from yet another school shooting, we can find a refuge in the Bible on canvas. As a pastor serving a local church near my alma mater, Michigan State, I was invited to stand at a ...
The difficultiesof translating the Hebrew Bible begin with the first word of Genesis. The King James Bible of 1611 translates Genesis 1:1 as “In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.” ...
The exhibition “Back to Eden: Contemporary Artists Wander the Garden” is on display at the Museum of Biblical Art. Pictured, a detail of Anonda Bell’s “Neither Shall You Touch It.” The exhibition ...
This exhibit juxtaposes biblical art with text in creative ways, combining bibles from Archives & Special Collections with a selection of washi prints from the travelling exhibit Beauty Given by Grace ...
Randy Rosenthal has a master’s in theological studies from Harvard University, where he teaches writing. We usually think of scripture as a written text, part of a closed canon, as sacrosanct, as ...
One of the world’s most beautiful books is now on view at the Italian Senate in Rome. Yesterday, the Vatican unveiled the Borso D’Este Bible, considered the “Mona Lisa of Illuminated Manuscripts” for ...
When railroad magnate Henry E. Huntington bought a rare edition of the Gutenberg Bible in 1911, he paid $55,000—the equivalent of around $1.8 million today. But despite the high price, Huntington’s ...
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