The Saint John's Bible and its tradition : illuminating beauty in the twenty-first century / edited by Jack R. Baker, Jeffrey Bilbro, Daniel Train.

Contributor Baker, Jack R. editor, contributor.

ImprintEugene, Oregon : Pickwick Publications, [2018]

Descriptionxviii, 180 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Note:Beauty in the Bible and the beauty of holiness / David Lyle Jeffrey -- Should Bibles be beautiful? : how beauty teaches us to pray / Matthew Moser -- Beauty cannot be rushed : an invitation to contemplation from The Saint John's Bible / Robert Moore-Jumonville -- The marginal life of manuscripts : what The Saint John's Bible teaches us through error / Jack R. Baker -- From a mere glance : purposeful reticence in Victorian gospel illustration and The Saint John's Bible / Sue Sorensen -- Picturing words : the gospel as imagined word in Thomas Ingmire's illuminations / Daniel Train -- Personal but not individual : how The Saint John's Bible responds to consumerism / Jeffrey Bilbro -- The social conscience of The Saint John's Bible / Paul N. Anderson -- Musing Dante and divining Milton : a collaboration modeled on The Saint John's Bible project / Gretchen Batcheller and Jane Kelley Rodeheffer.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.

Note:"In an age of e-books and screens, it may seem antiquated to create a handwritten, illuminated bible. The Benedictine monks at Saint John's Abbey and University, however, determined to produce such a Bible for the twenty-first century, a Bible that would use traditional methods and materials while engaging contemporary questions and concerns. In an age that largely overlooks the physical form of books, The Saint John's bible foregrounds the importance of a book's tactile and visual qualities. This collection considers how The Saint John's Bible fits within the history of the Bible as a book, and how its haptic qualities may be particularly important in a digital age."--From back cover.

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