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Museum of the Bible invites all people to engage with the transformative power of the Bible.
Museum of the Bible, located in Washington, D.C., aims to be among the most technologically advanced and engaging museums in the world. Showcasing rare artifacts spanning 3,500 years of history, the museum offers visitors an immersive and personalized experience with the Bible, and its ongoing impact on the world around us.
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Considered the most lavishly illustrated Bible printed in America, this Bible was originally sold in a series of 54 issues at 25 cents each.
While large Bibles such as this were considered “family Bibles,” this particular one does not contain any dedication entry or birth, marriage, or death notes.
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Charles Ernest Scott and his wife, Clara, were Presbyterian missionaries in the early 1900s to Shandong, China. Their daughter Betty later returned to China as a missionary and married John Stam in 1933.
This typed letter was written by Charles in 1934 and reflects on his time in “the country” during the Easter season, stating that he is “rejoicing in the Easter Message of Love, Hope, Joy, Peace, and supernatural Power proving His Diety [sic].”
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Do you know what this painting by Harold Copping shows?
This piece was commissioned by the Religious Tract Society for use in a variety of publications, including “Pictures That Teach: The Crown Series” from 1920 and “The Bible Story Book” from 1923.
Learn more about “Christ’s Entry into Jerusalem” and the Bible’s impact on art at
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While the origin behind Easter Sunday is known to all — the resurrection of Jesus — the origins of the traditions that accompany the holiday are less familiar. If you’ve ever wondered where the bunnies came from or when Christians started celebrating , then our documentary, “The History of Easter,” is for you.
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Mark your calendar for April 26 for an evening with Tony Evans] as he shares a transformative passage of the Bible! Learn more at
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This book, by a Divine of the Church of England, includes the history of Jesus in seven books bound together with “The Lives of the Apostles and Evangelists.”
Throughout the text are theological, historical, geographical, and critical dissertations, along with 33 copperplate illustrations and two foldout maps that depict the travels of Jesus and his apostles. Learn more:
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The Brethren of the Common Life sought to produce a version of the Vulgate that accurately reflected Jerome’s translation, without “Vetus Latina,” or Old Latin Bible, additions.
This manuscript, containing 11 books from the Old Testament, is part of a multivolume set likely produced by the Brethren in the early 15th century in Hattem in the Netherlands. Learn more at
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Monks at the monastery of St. Catherine produced this palimpsest manuscript in the 9th or 10th century. They recycled leaves from at least ten different Greek and Western Palestinian Aramaic manuscripts by erasing the text and then writing a Syriac translation of John Climacus’s works on the reused parchment.
The original writings were a mixture of both biblical and classical texts. Learn more about our when you visit us or at
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Our is part of the first English translation of the Hebrew Bible composed and printed in the United States. It was written by Isaac Leeser, who served as hazzan, or cantor, at Congregation Mikveh Israel and later as leader of Congregation Beth El Emeth.
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Finish this Bible verse: “Walk with the wise and become wise, but a companion of fools suffers ___.” —Proverbs 13:20 (NIV)
a. Destruction
b. Harm
c. Trouble
d. A lot
Do you know which book of the Bible is known for containing wisdom?
If you said Proverbs, you’re correct! Our contains portions of Jeremiah, Zechariah, Chronicles, and Proverbs, with masorah parva and magna, these four Hebrew manuscripts are early examples of the Masoretic Text.
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