divine punishments and miracles) weaved in to get people to buy into the religion via fear and awe.Īpparently, that’s been pretty effective. So while the Bible is not a comedy, or even a story, what it seems to be is a historical account of Jewish history in the first half (Old Testament), then the life, death, and resurrection of Christ and the early spread of Christianity in the second half (New Testament) -> with lots of fake news (i.e. King Nebuchadnezar: “What good are advisers if they can’t tell me what I want to know? Put these men to death-And every wise man in my kingdom!” Tell me what it was and what it means.”Īdviser: “We can tell you what a dream means, sir, but no man can tell you what you dreamed.” ![]() This next bit also made me laugh out loud and drives home a theme of the Bible that really struck a chord with me: People are idiots.īabylonian King Nebuchadnezar: “I had a strange dream, but I have forgotten it. Jacob: “Will you trade your birthright for it?”Įsau: “Give you the right to rule our tribe someday? Sure. Clearly, the rampant incest that ensued finally explains to me why no less than half of the population is irretrievably retarded.īut this next bit between brothers Jacob and Esau did make me laugh out loud.Įsau comes home hungry. While this wasn’t one of my 9 LOL’s, I found it kinda funny that Noah and his seven family members repopulated the entire world. “Only eight people-Noah and his family-are saved … in the whole world!” Hoth included the following on a special ‘Did You Know’ page about the Flood and Noah’s Ark: Now while the Bible is not a comedy, I actually laughed out loud an impressive 9 times. It was a breeze and delight to get through! Hoth for not only boiling the Bible down to a digestible 795 comic book pages, but also for dumbing it down. It’s, “God’s Word brought to life in pictures.” Many thanks to Mrs. Thank God for The Picture Bible by Iva Hoth, with illustrations by Andre LeBlanc. Any book over 250 pages sounds like a chore to a person of my academic level, so there was no fucking way in Hell that I was actually gonna read the real deal. Having said that, the Bible is like 10,000 pages long with a font so tiny that you need a magnifying glass to read it. The Bible is billed as, “The world’s most awesome story ever.” While that designation unquestionably belongs to Pee-wee’s Big Adventure, I figured that it was about time to strip down to my skivvies and dive into arguably the most important and influential book ever written, to see what all the fuss was about. It's also a great stepping stone or jumping off point into making children want to read The Bible.Īll in all, I really enjoyed reading The Picture Bible – it was an ambitious project trying to illustrate the entire Bible and to bring it to life and I think that it was a great success! I would recommend it to anyone with or without young children or just a child at heart. While attempting to read the Bible could be intimidating, The Picture Bible seems less so, despite its 800-page length. I also think that it's very helpful to those who are visual learners of any age. André Le Blanc should be commended for bringing the characters alive with his art, which was beautifully rendered and very vibrant.Īlthough the target audience is for young children, boys in particular, I found myself loving it just as much. ![]() My godson, who I read this with, wouldn't want to put it down and go to sleep and tried to stay up to continue reading it. The art was consistent enough throughout the book and done well to keep the attention of their target audience. The art was done rather well, nothing spectacular or super-realistic, but not overly simplified or cartoonish either – it was the perfect mix. Iva Hoth should be commended for writing a faithful and compelling text that stood the test of time. The Minor Prophets, epistles and the heavily metaphoric Revelations were mentioned in passing, but more importantly they were mentioned. The text covers the majority of The Bible from Genesis to Revelations – not word for word, but you get a general idea or overview of the text – the spirit of The Bible you can say. The Picture Bible is The Holy Bible done in graphic novel format and done remarkably well.
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