Inscribing the Bible at the Bible Lands Museum
Jerusalem's Bible Lands Museum, is upping its Bible-aciousness this season with its "People of the World Inscribe the Bible" exhibit. As its name suggests this exhibit, which is being conducted in conjunction with the Bible Valley Society, features numerous Bibles inscribed by the people of the world in their own native language.
The exhibit is part of the Bible Valley Society's "People of the World Inscribe the Bible" project which is bringing Biblical templates to prayer houses and cultural centers worldwide so that they can be inscribed by interested would-be scribes. The ultimate goal of the project is to have 100 Bibles inscribed in 100 different languages.
According to Zvi Kesseh, Chairperson of the Society, the project was inspired by a similar project, "Children of the World Illustrate the Bible," in which children ages 8-16 from across the globe were asked to illustrate Biblical passages. "When we saw that the Bible meant so much to so many people we decided to create this second project 'People of the World Inscribe the Bible' where organizations or countries write a book of the Bible in their language. We currently have 31 completed Bibles and we're hoping to get to 100."
While the Society, which aims to return the Bible to all Israelis and renew Israelis interest in all things Biblical, waits for its Bible Valley - where Biblical scenes will be re-enacted in the spirit of Colonial Williamsburg- to be completed, a process which may take up to 15 years, the Bible Lands Museum seemed the perfect place to display its inscribed Bibles.
"The Museum deals with the time period of the Bible so it seemed a relevant place to display our project. Until we have our Valley up and running the Bible Lands Museum seemed the best place for our exhibit," Kesseh says.
The exhibit, which is enhanced by selected drawings from the "Children of the World" Project, the rest of which are on a world tour of their own, features Bibles in Mandarin, Taiwanese, Tamil and Finnish among others. For a small fee, the exhibit can be made interactive as aspiring scribes are invited to inscribe a verse of their own.
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