My Jeru-Salem Bibble. Date Saturday, April 20, 2024 - 03:41 AM PST Topic Illustrations My Jerusalem Bible is a beautiful book. The book’s cover is the color of henna that stains skin. Its texture is that of the skin on one’s knuckles. It is twelve inches long, eight and a half inches wide and three inches thick. It has a case that has the same texture and color as the cover, except the case has white damage marks on the all of the corners. The gold leaf that bears the name of the bible, and embellishes the edges of the pages shines like the sun. When dropped the sound is that of a body falling to the floor as it's heavy as a small corpse. You can tell it belonged to my grandmother at one time because a faint smell of her tacky pink lipstick lingers beyond the stale paper odor. Its pages are an eggshell color, not white and I counted four hundred five of them. The pages feel thick, not like the cheap crepe you may find in your average bible. I could explore it more, but I dare not taste it as I may damage the beautiful pages. My Jerusalem Bible is wonderfully translated. The words are direct from ancient texts into modern language. It refers to the Christian God as Yahweh and his son as Jesus. There is no King James, Catholic or Holy Trinity aspect about it, and that makes me happy because the translation is therefore historically and theologically accurate. Due to this my bible becomes a powerful weapon; a weapon against religious zealots and mistranslations and it has more to do with it’s content than its heavy weight. I can argue with Leviticus on my side, and battle with its many pages of Psalm. No one stands a chance against my bible and I, except perhaps an actual unbiased theological scholar. My Jerusalem Bible has one special quality that sets it aside from all other bibles. This quality is shown brightly in gold leaf on the bottom of the case. It says “Illustrated by Salvador Dali”. Many beautiful, full color prints are scattered throughout the book like gold nuggets in a river. Vivid, surrealistic interpretations are made, bringing a new light and meaning to everyone who is witness. They are magnificent, expressive, unrefined pieces with little attention to detail as you would see in an Ingres painting, though the content is worth its weight in platinum. I feel excited to read the sections and feel empathy for Dali’s point of view. Also it motivates me to explore what the pieces are about. No other bible has this beautiful supplement, and it suggests that all other bibles are no different than firewood because they do not deserve the title of 'bible' next to it. My Jerusalem Bible frightens me. It has a perfect quality to it and lavished characteristics that suggest a god-like essence. No book should be this flawless and beautiful especially a religious text, because the book itself goes far beyond the content of the pages. Illustrations by Salvador Dali and gold leaf give it a decadent quality like that of a rich, well-tempered, high quality chocolate. No Christian text should be this beautiful and arousing for it contradicts its own pages. What bible should be made in such a lustful, deep color? What kind of person can have the cocky nature to create a bible that appeals to a depraved non-Christian like me? These questions are what stir the fear in me concerning my Jerusalem Bible, and what makes me believe the origins of my bible and the bible itself are evil. To further complicate matters I find myself enjoying that fear and its evil as well. This article comes from Shmeng http://www.shmeng.com/ The URL for this story is: http://www.shmeng.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=612