| Author |
Scott Th. Carroll. |
| Collection |
Green Family Collection |
| Imprint |
Oklahoma City, Okla., USA, 2011. vi, 203 pp., illustrations: 106 col., 28.5 × 22.2 cm. English. |
| Location |
Oklahoma City Museum of Art (16 May–16 October 2011) |
| Description |
A monumental treatment of the history of the Bible, it’s composition, preservation, adornment, and, most significantly, transmission and dissemination from ancient times until the production of the King James Bible. Extensive descriptions of 100 items from the exhibition, which featured biblical antiquities and numerous Christian Bibles (printed books and illuminated manuscripts). The exhibition also included Hebrew manuscripts (undecorated), and Jewish ceremonial objects. Circa 400 items. |
| Description | |
| main keywords |
ARCHAEOLOGICAL FINDSBIBLESCEREMONIAL OBJECTSHEBREW MANUSCRIPTS, UNDECORATEDPRINTED BOOKSTORAH ORNAMENTS |
| minor keywords |
Dead Sea ScrollsDura EuroposHammat TiberiasRimmonimScrolls of EstherTorah (scroll)Torah cases |
| Related ephemera |
Exhibition leaflet, single card, cover illustration, 22.5 × 10 cm. |
| Other venues |
Atlanta, Ga., USA (9 November 2011–30 June 2012); Charlotte, N.C., USA; Colorado Springs, Colo., USA; Springfield, Mo., USA; 26565 Bouquet Canyon Road, Santa Clarita, Calif., USA (3 April 2015–27 February 2016) |
| Catalog from other venue | |
| Related publication |
Passages: The Experience. Exhibition Guide. A detailed, extensively-illustrated guide through the exhibition’s 16 historical settings. Judaica objects presented in the first area “The Ancient Synagogue”, pp. 1–10. |