Bible: Quick Facts

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15th-century German Bible illustration showing Moses leading a group of Israelites between parted green waves of the Red Sea, with Hebrew text above.

Open 1663 Bible printed in Cambridge, Massachusetts, showing title page with text in the Massachusett (Wopanaak) language, translated by John Eliot, with visible aged pages and red-edged paper.

An open antique Bible, Biblia sacra printed by Christopher Plantin in 1569, showing two pages of dense text in multiple columns and languages.

Open illuminated manuscript showing two pages of French text in columns, each topped with a colorful miniature illustration and decorative border, from Le Miroir de Humaine Saluation.

Bury Bible illuminated manuscript

Gutenberg Bible

Consider the Bible's Old Testament as a literary masterpiece dramatized by paintings, music, and sculpture

Examine the Old Testament's The Book of Proverbs and other books through a literary lens

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