The Picture Bible
From SPARK
One-sentence summary
A visual journey through the Bible in comic book form along with maps, an index and fact pages.
Description
The Picture Bible is a visual journey through the Bible from Genesis through Revelation. It has 233 colored Bible stories in comic book style. Children like this style of story. It has been updated with new information. Some are fact pages, story listings, maps and an index. This information makes the Bible storybook more current.
It is available in four types. A hard cover, a deluxe hard cover, a paperback and a New Testament paperback. Each story includes the Bible references at the top of the page. Hebrew through Revelation are summarized. They have only one picture for each book. Each full Bible style ends with six pages of comics that show life in Bible times. The book ends with a Scripture index.
The New Testament edition does not include the life in Bible times part. It ends with sixteen pages (in black and white) titled: “How you can become part of God's wonderful family.” This gives Old Testament information and tells how to become a follower of Jesus.
The pictures in the New Testament Picture Bible are the same as in the complete The Picture Bible. The colors are not as bright.
This book in Spanish is titled:Nuevo Testamento Illustrado
Considerations
- This is a Bible story book written to interest modern readers.
- The colors might have a different meaning in some cultures.
- The “Did you know” sections gives details and facts about the stories.
Limitations
- Since the comic book style demands some visual sophistication to be understood, not all language groups would find it suitable.
- To fully understand this comic edition children and adults will need to be picture literate.
- Many of the pictures show only portions of people.
- Some of the pictures are birds eye views and may be difficult to understand in some cultures.
- The people are generally western in appearance, which could effect the usefulness in some cultures.
- For some reason, some of the pictures are only in black and white which might cause confusion and cause some people groups to believe that the pictures show spirits or ghosts.
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Where to Obtain
Link to Producer or Source Organization
Cost
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Author/Artist/Producer
Current copyright owner
Cook Communications Ministries
Other Information
If you are interested in translating either the entire Bible or the New Testament Picture Bible for a minority language, contact David C Cook. Working together you will make a Creative Commons License agreement.
