The Picture Bible

Takes me back to my early childhood days. I am so happy to have been able to find this in new condition. When I was younger, it helped my reading skills to improve and broadened my imagination. With that it made me want to read it and stay with it continuously as a child. On that note, I learned and was able to recognize and know all the major stories in the Bible. It is such a great buy for any one of all ages, not only just parents with young children. Even though, it is in comic book format it holds interest, with that being said. It is the best bible I have ever had as this is my 3rd one in my lifetime from childhood to adulthood.

Truly amazing. Read this with out two boys daily as they grew up (both not in 20s). It changed their life. It changed mine!

Buy one of these for your kids. Read it to them. When they are older, have them read it themselves. I can't say enough good about it because it helps to fully connect all of the Old Testament and New Testament historical accounts together in one understandable collection. This was powerful for me when I was young and it has done it again for this generation. My children are much more able to connect what they learn in Sunday School and VBS with what else they know about the Bible because of this book. Buy it and give it to everyone you know that has young children. I started reading it to my children when the oldest was 4, I probably could have started earlier because my 2 year old at the time listened as well as he did! It is very easy to read shorter chunks and then start where you left off next time. We have read this book cover to cover at least 5 times together as a family!

Reading the Picture Bible is a great and quick way to learn Bible history in chronological order. The illustrations are great,,,very detailed. The stories are broken up into "chapters" of 3-4 pages with each chapter ending in a cliffhanger. The next chapter always begins with a short recap of what just happened in the previous chapter. The whole book is written and illustrated similar to comic books with what the characters are saying enclosed in bubbles. I would say its appropriate for ages 8-12. I am currently reading it with a 12 year old girl. She gives no indication that she considers herself too old for it....maybe because the illustrations are in no way childish but meant to appeal to older children. The only thing I am disappointed about is the fact that they skip several great stories. Two that I can think of offhand are: 1) Solomon displays his wisdom when he has to decide which woman a baby belongs to. He proclaims he will cut the baby in half and give half to each woman. The real mother protests and says to give the baby to the other woman. The false mother (jealous that her real baby died) says, "Yes! Yes! That is a good idea. Solomon says to give the baby to the real mother. 2) The story of the woman in the New Testament with the issue of blood who thought "If only I could touch the hem of his garment, I will be healed." I am still giving it a 5 because there aren't any other illustrated Bibles on the market to compare. If I could give it a percentage rating, I'd give it 95% which is still an A+!

I enjoyed The Picture Bible when I was a kid. I remember reading it over and over from the time I was eight years old. To this day (I am now 38 years old), specific images from The Picture Bible come to my mind when I hear stories from the Bible during church sermons. Now that I am a parent, I was eager to purchase The Picture Bible for my children to enjoy. I have not been disappointed. My two girls (ages 10 and 12) love to read it. The comic book style makes the stories come to life - drawing them into what life was like at that time. It is fun to discuss the timeless truths with them as they develop a deep love of God's word. For those concerned with Biblical accuracy, it does a fantastic job at staying true to the Bible as best as they can. I'm impressed!

This picture Bible is in comic strip form, and covers many Bible stories! There are also pages of biblical facts for kids to uncover and learn. I have read through it many times myself, and it is true to the biblical narrative. Awesome and realistic artwork, not cartoonish at all!! Highly recommend!!!! Great gift for kids.

I read this when I was young, in it's original B&W, 6-volume paperback incarnation that first appeared in 1973. A couple years ago I picked up this single-volume, colorized, hardcover edition and read it to my three kids. Now I'm reading it to them again. I was raised as a hardcore Conservative Evangelical. I left Christianity in my 20s, but I want my kids to be aware of what a huge impact the Bible has had and still has on our culture. I teach them to respect that different people believe different things, and to believe what they think is true. Also, all of our relatives on my side are still hardcore conservative evangelicals, and I want my kids to understand their perspective. This Picture Bible has been great for that purpose. It's dramatic and engaging for young children. The frequent end-of-chapter cliff-hangers do a lot to keep them interested. Beyond that, for myself, I've found it helpful for getting a better grasp of the general sweep of OT history. Previously I'd known stories out of context with each other, and hadn't known as well how they fit together. As good as it is, it could be better. When reading it to my kids for the first time, I was astonished to discover that the story of Jonah and the Whale merited only 1/4 of a page, in a 3-page section covering the last 12 books of the OT that gives each book one little picture and a short summary. Giving Johah such short shrift seems a surprising omission given that few Bible stories are more tailor-made for dramatic visual storytelling, and that it's message is so readily understood by children. Fortunately there are a couple of excellent picture books of the story; my kids liked "Jonah and the Whale (and the Worm)" by Jean Marzollo best; in fact they love it. Also, there is a lot of repetitive editorializing that gets tedious. And, addressing God as "thee" is anachronistic and silly -- if it's intended to appease KJV ideologues, that demographic probably considers this book Satanic anyway. There have been a lot of comments here about its being bowdlerized -- sexual and violent content watered down or omitted to make it appropriate for kids. Of course I approve of that in general; the Bible certainly contains some plot points that 5 year olds just aren't ready for. Even everyday life in OT times is in some ways shocking by modern standards. It takes some maturity to really understand that life was a lot different back then. However, some of the substitutions are strange and imply weirdly different motivations to characters than in the Bible. It would have been better to just omit the motivations. For example, the sodomite mob being concerned that Lot's guests "look as if they'll cause trouble" and wanting to "run them out of town". It would have been better to depict them as a mean mob with no particular motivation other than meanness itself. Regarding racially insensitive stereotyped characters, these images were first published in 1973 (the 1978 copyright refers to the colorized images in the single-volume book). Given the delays in 1970s publishing, that means the artist was probably working at least as early as 1972. Given the quantity of images, I'd guess the artist may have started as early as 1970 or 71. The images are a product of their time. We can't expect illustrations made 45 years ago to be as racially sensitive as illustrations made today would be. Regarding the comments here about the printing quality, I'm not sure if mine is the same as the latest; the cover shows Moses holding up the 10 commandments right before throwing them down, but the border area is blue rather than red. Anyway, mine has sewn signatures which are holding up very well, but the hinges were very weak and soon tore right through from the kids' handling. I taped it up with clear strapping tape but it isn't pretty. Given that the publisher paid for real sewn-signature binding, it's too bad they didn't also spring for real cloth hinges behind the endpapers. My advice, assuming your copy will be handled by children, is to preemptively tape the hinges (on the inside of the book) with strong tape. The illustrations in mine are all quite bright and clear; not faded as per some reports here. I hadn't heard of the Action Bible until reading these reviews. It sounds like it may be more dramatic but with less variety in characterization. I'll have to try get one and find out for myself. Of course this Picture Bible is no substitute for an actual Bible. But for getting young children interested in the Bible and the stories in it, it's excellent.

I Love This Picture Bible!! I am 64 years old, and maybe the oldest kid of all !! Years ago, I bought these Bibles; one for my own children, some as gifts for other children, and also for other families with children. In one family the dad, who did not like to read at all, read this through and loved it. It is a great way to introduce the Bible to those who might think the Bible is boring or hard to understand. What is really nice is that you can get a quick, Big picture of the main stories throughout the entire Bible. You don't get slowed down with lots of details. You get the main stories with their lessons quickly; and then compiled one upon another, so that reading this becomes a "shot in the arm", or a therapeutic dose of God's Word. It is a Great way to get the Full, Big Picture quickly before going into a much slower detailed, and completely accurate study of God's Word. I just spent the last 3 weeks reading through this Picture Bible yet again. It did for me exactly what it did for me the first time I read it; when I read it over 30 years ago. It built my Faith in God very strong!! It reminded me of the extreme importance of our obedience to God. It reminded me of the very harmful consequences of sin and disobeying God!! It reminded me of God's Goodness, Forgiveness, Grace, & Mercy!! It made me think about how we cannot ever afford to compromise, but rather give God our Very Best; and to do all things by Faith in God. It reminded me that God alone is my BEST Strength and Help!! It rekindled a "Fire" in my heart. I am now purchasing these Bibles again to share with more children; hoping that the Picture Bibles will also fall into the hands of more adults who will read them :) Shalom Blessings!!

Dieses Buch darf man als Kunstwerk bezeichnen. Es ist ein sehr schwieriges Unterfangen, das Buch der Bücher zu einem "Comic" zu komprimieren. Es ist dem Illustrator wie auch dem Texter, wie ich finde, gut gelungen. Beide haben sich große Mühe gegeben. Jede einzelne Zeichnung zeugt nicht nur von viel Talent, sondern auch von Sorgfalt und Reflexion, was etwa Personen, Kleidung, Bauwerke und Landschaft angeht. Dem Texter ist es m.E. gelungen, den Stoff möglichst verlustfrei zu komprimieren. Leider ist ein solches Buch derzeit nicht auf Deutsch erhältlich. Es bietet jedoch eine gute Gelegenheit, Englisch zu lernen oder zu vertiefen. Ich habe einige Bibelausgaben, und diese ist eine ganz besondere. Ich kann allerdings keine gelehrte theologische Kritik dazu vorlegen. Das sei Anderen vorbehalten. Ich finde aber, dass diese Ausgabe auch Erwachsenen gefällig, erbaulich und unterhaltsam ist.

Questa Bibbia è molto colorata e mio figlio lo ha letto tutto. Ma gli dava fastidio che tutte le persone sono con la pelle chiara rendendola una versione poco accurata.

Like many who have purchased this book now, I first received the Paper Back edition of it as a child at age 9 as a gift from my mother. My older brother got a copy and my Mom's best friend bought one for her daughter at the same time as well. I remember as a 9 year old being absolutely glued to this book. I couldn't put it down as the comic book format made it so fun and easy to read. It was this book that gave me my first real insight into God and to the history of the bible and everything that has happened in it. This book is what I like to call "Child Friendly" and it re-words some of the more adult oriented scriputres that deal with Homosexuality and Sodomy and that sort of thing to make it more understanding for children who are reading it. While this book is a perfect and fun introductory to the Bible for children, I must also emphasize that it is very important that when a child is old enough to move up a level to a a regular Bible that they do so as soon as possible so that they can learn to connect and put into context the stories they read in the Picture Bible to those that are in the regular Bible. To this day I still own my original Paper Back edition of this book, but it has been read so many times that it is more or less falling apart. So when I saw that new editions have been printed in Hardcover I couldn't believe my eyes as I thought this book was lost to history. My local Christian Book and Music store couldn't even track it down and told me they had never heard of it before. I will most likely order several more coppies in order to preserve this excellent work and to have so I can pass them down to any younger Christian kids that I may meet.

Comprei por recomendação do Dr. Brant Pitre e estou gostando muito! (Procurem no YT pelo vídeo onde ele comenta sobre essa obra) Gostaria muito que relançassem em português também.

This book is for those who are serious in showing their children the way of LIFE. My children went through 3 copies of it. Now my grandchildren are going through this book that brings the Bible alive. Children love reading it because it’s presented in a comic form. Before you know it, they’ve covered the whole Bible and are able to recount what they read. I as an adult even read it because I’m a visual learner. This is the book that got me to understand what prophet Ezekiel was on about! 🧐.