The Saint John's Bible is the first hand-lettered and illuminated Bible produced in over 500 years.The monks of St. John's Abbey in Collegeville, Minnesota wanted to commission a hand-illuminated Bible at the start of the 21st century. Jewish and Islamic communities have kept alive the art of hand-lettered scriptures, but this practice in Christianity died out with the advent of the printing press.
To create this special Bible, Donald Jackson was commissioned as the artistic director of this massive project. Donald Jackson and his team of over a dozen other artists and calligraphers are writing and illustrating the Bible one page at a time.
The Saint John's Bible uses the text of the New Revised Standard Version chosen both because its predecessor, the Revised Standard Version, was accepted by most Christian churches and because of its use of gender-inclusive language. Four of the seven volumes are now complete, and the entire Bible should be finished in 2008.
The full-color facsimile volumes in our library are available to be checked out to allow everyone to enjoy this beautiful and enduring edition of God's Word.
You can read more about the creation of the Saint John's Bible at http://www.saintjohnsbible.org.
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