The Bible Museum at The Great Passion Play
is made up of more than 6,000 Bibles
in 625 languages as well as 3,000 artifacts.
Some of the rarest Bibles include an original 1st edition 1st printing 1611 King James Version, the only Bible signed by all of the original Gideons in 1898, the first Cherokee Bible, as well as a page from the Gutenberg Bible!
Trace the history of the Bible from the most ancient parchment to modern computerized versions as you explore our stunning collection of over 6,000 Bibles in 625 languages and dialects. The Bible Museum showcases the Word of God with a compilation of original bibles and manuscripts rarely found in one collection.
Admission to the Bible Museum is included in the purchase of your Great Passion Play performance ticket or with the purchase of your Holy Land Tour pass.
The Museum features a fascinating collection of important translations and historical exhibits including:
Trace the history of the Bible from the most ancient parchment to modern computerized versions as you explore our stunning collection of over 6,000 Bibles in 625 languages and dialects. The Bible Museum showcases the Word of God with a compilation of original bibles and manuscripts rarely found in one collection.
Admission to the Bible Museum is included in the purchase of your Great Passion Play performance ticket or with the purchase of your Holy Land Tour pass.
The Museum features a fascinating collection of important translations and historical exhibits including:
- Greek New Testament published by Erasmus in 1516
- Martin Luther's German translation and William Tyndale's New Testament
- Coverdale's Bible - the first complete Bible translated into English
- Original 1611 King James Version - known as the Great Bible because of it's size or the "Chain Bible" because is was chained in place in churches
- The Wycliffe Exhibit containing a number of historically significant Bibles.
- Wycliffe's believed that the scriptures should be provided in a form that ordinary people could read - a very radical idea for its time.
- The Gutenberg Exhibit - Gutenberg, the inventor of the first printing press with movable type enabled the common man to possess a Bible. With only 47 known Gutenberg Bibles in existence today, The Bible Museum is proud to house a single page from a Gutenberg Bible.
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