The Handwritten Bible - two volume set

The printed manuscript Bible gathers in 2 volumes, the entire book of Psalms and the New Testament, copied by more than 500 participants, of all ages, from all Christian confessions, and from all the French-speaking world, during the period of the confinement / deconfinement of 2020. It is:
- A collective and unique, touching, interfaith and intergenerational work.
- An artistic work of great diversity.
- A reflection of a fraternal impulse, of unity in the face of the biblical text and in the face of the ordeal of confinement.
- A living testimony that shows that the Bible is timeless.

The birth of the project:
In May 2020, the Alliance Biblique Française launched the collective creation of a handwritten Bible or "Bible of the confined" by inviting all those who want to participate to copy a chapter of the New Testament or a psalm. This project brings together the works of various volunteer copyists to make a unique and original object. 500 copyists from all walks of life and all Christian denominations have embarked on this wonderful adventure. "Copying the Bible is a strong spiritual experience that involves a personal appropriation of the text while being in a collective process. It is part of a history, in a relationship with the text that comes to us from afar and that we continue to bring to life by remaining connected together to the essential.

Presentation: hardcover, 2 volumes in a box
Translation : New bible in French
Publication date: October 2020
Format : 21 x 29,7 x 3,5 cm, 1456 pages
ISBN : 9782853007849
Publisher : Editions Bibli'O
Weight : 3880 g