The Museum of the Bible |
The Goodspeed Manuscript Collection
at the University of Chicago
features 68 New Testament manuscripts, most of which are available to view
online. They include the infamous “Gangsters’ Bible”
and a fifth-century
fragment of the Gospel of Mark found at Oxyrhynchus ,
Egypt .
At Duke University in Durham ,
North Carolina , the David M.
Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library includes the Kenneth
Willis Clark Collection of Greek Manuscripts. Minuscule
2613 (Manuscript 6 in the Clark Collection) is among the more notable
manuscripts in the collection; in 2613,
the story of the adulteress is included after the end of the Gospel of John.
The Holy Land Experience |
The University
of Michigan has very many ancient
manuscripts in its collections, some of which contain New Testament
material. By far the most significant
and most ancient is a 30-leaf
portion of Papyrus
46. Also of historical importance
are a 1536 copy
of Tyndale’s English New Testament and a 1611 Authorized
(King James) Version.
The Hill Museum
& Manuscript Library in Collegeville , Minnesota
has a huge collection of Biblical manuscripts in a variety of early versions,
including Syriac,
Coptic, Armenian, Georgian, and Ethiopic.
The Morgan Library & Museum in New York , New York has a vast collection of medieval volumes, notable especially for their artistic content, including The Lindau Gospels and The Crusader Bible.
The Harry Ransom Center at the University of
Texas at Austin has an impressive collection of medieval manuscripts which
include some Biblical volumes. One
example is the
Terrell Gospels, (minuscule 2322).
In 2012, the HRC has a special
exhibition about the KJV and its history; some
resources related to that exhibition are still online. The center also has a permanent exhibition
about the Gutenburg
Bible.
The Bible
Museum at the Great Passion Play in Eureka Springs ,
Arkansas has a collection of printed
Bibles, including Erasmus’ 1516 Novum
Instrumentum. Inspired in part by a
visit to Eureka Springs, Terry Snelling recently opened The
Bible Museum in Houston , Missouri
(not Texas ) with a small but
interesting collection.
The Dunham Bible Museum
at Houston Baptist
University houses a variety of
manuscripts, artifacts, Bible translations into Native American languages,
Bible-era coins, and high-quality replicas.
The Museum of Biblical History in Collierville ,
Tennessee features kid-friendly programs
and archaeology camps, and hosts lectures about the Bible.
Outside the United
States , there are other museums which focus
on the Bible and Bible-related objects.
One that seems to get a lot of online attention (possibly because of the
similarity between its name and that of the Museum of the Bible) is St.
Arnaud , Australia ’s
Bible Museum, which has in its
collection unique tapestries based on famous Bible pages.
Many Christian colleges and universities have small antiquities-museums; one notable example in Indiana is Anderson University’s Jeeninga Museum. On the same campus, one can find a gallery than includes what is probably the most famous religious iconic image in the world, Warner Sallman’s Head of Christ.
Many Christian colleges and universities have small antiquities-museums; one notable example in Indiana is Anderson University’s Jeeninga Museum. On the same campus, one can find a gallery than includes what is probably the most famous religious iconic image in the world, Warner Sallman’s Head of Christ.
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