Every summer when the new students arrive for their language classes, we try to have an exhibit ready for them in the Library. We try to design something that may inspire them as they begin their course of theological study.
This year, we’ve selected seven beautiful volumes from our rare books collection, calling it “Historic Bibles of the Renaissance and Baroque.” We’ve chosen three from the 1500s (when moveable type was cutting-edge technology), two from the 1600s and two from the 1700s. Each of them is unique in some important way … beside each book is a little two-sentence interpretation of why they are so special. They are placed in the large glass display cases near the entrance, and also in the flat display case near the Circ Desk.
Please come by to have a look at them. If you are a new student, I’d like you to know that this exhibit is in your honor, so to speak … that you stand in the presence of giants of biblical scholarship through the ages, and are now embarking on that path.
Paula
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