Dunham Bible Museum

Dunham Bible Museum Links

Note: The British Library website had a cyber attack October 2023 and the website is being repaired.  Links below to items in the British Library might be broken until the repair is complete.

General Bible background and history:

Discovering the Bible – overview of Bible’s history, content, preservation, and

influence.

Biblical manuscripts:

    • Digital Dead Sea Scrolls – Examine the Dead Sea Scrolls in detail.  The Isaiah Scroll, the Community Rule Scroll, the Commentary on Habakkuk scroll, the Temple Scroll and the War Scroll are online for careful examination.  Includes videos and explanatory notes.
    • Dead Sea Scroll Foundation – foundation for the conservation, preservation, publication, and exhibition of the Dead Sea Scrolls
    • Center for the Study of New Testament Manuscripts – Center devoted to electronically recording every known New Testament manuscript for textual study and analysis.
    • Tischendorf and Codex Sinaiticus – Tischendorf’s own account of the discovery of the important 4th century manuscript.
    • Aleppo Codex – the oldest and most complete Hebrew Bible.  Website includes history, transmission, and digital online version.
    • Codex Bezae – 5th century uncial manuscript of the New Testament

    • Codex Sinaiticus Project – gives history of the manuscript, the manuscript online, and news of the manuscript.  A cooperative project of the British Library,the National Library of Russia, St. Catherine;s Monastery, and Leipzig University Library.

    • Jerome and the Vulgate – more on Jerome’s 4th century Latin translation.
    • MIKRA – Mikra is the Hebrew word for Scripture (Neh. 8:8) and also the acronym for the Manuscript Institute for Knowledge, Research, and Application, which specializes in analyzing biblical manuscripts from the ancient to the early modern period.

    • A Story of Remarkable Recovery by Nicholas Van Cleve examines the history and significance of a scroll of the book of Exodus from the Cairo Genizeh.  Mr. Van Cleve was a freshman Honors College student when he won first place for this essay in the 2012 “Piece of the Past” essay contest at HCU.




Reformation Era

  • The Machine That Made Us – video includes the financial, personal, and technological story behind Gutenberg’s printing press
  • Invention and History of the Printing Press -explores life before the printing press, the inspiration and invention of the printing press, how the printing press works, and the impact of the printing press.
  • Erasmus – background on scholar who first printed Greek New Testament.
  • Martin Luther – Site 1 – Bible Researchers’ information on Luther.
  • Martin Luther – Site 2 – Selection of Luther’s works.
  • Tyndale’s Ploughboy – features biographies of the Reformers, history of the English Bible, as well as encouragement to read and study the Bible.
  • Tyndale: A Reformation Oratorio – beautiful oratorio on the life and work of translator William Tyndale, performed by Deo Cantamus of Minnesota.
  • Foxe’s Book of Martyrs and the Protestant Reformation by Kalon Corrallo won first place in the 2020 Piece of the Past contest, in the Dunham Bible Museum category.
  • The Trial of Henry Garnet by Michella Taylor won second place in the 2020 Piece of the Past contest, in the Dunham Bible Museum category.  The trial was connected with the Gunpowder Plot reveal the intense conflict between Catholics and Protestants during the English Reformation.

English Bible

Bible in America

Bible and Education

Bible and Art

  • Art and the Bible – A collection of pictures of  hundreds of paintings, famous and less famous, with their corresponding Bible passage – the passage the artist may have read. Also provided is  information on the paintings themselves.
  • Gustave Dore’ Bible Gallery – devoted to Bible illustrations by the 19th century Alsacian artist.  Many of the backdrops for the Dunham Bible Museum’s exhibits are from Gustave Dore’s Bible illustrations.
  • Biblical Art on the Web – an indexed collection of Biblical art which can be searched by artist, biblical text, biblical subject or a word.
  • Introduction to Galatians – River Pointe Church’s introductory video to sermon series on Galatians, illustrated with art from Bibles in the Dunham Bible Museum Collection.
  • Stations of the Cross – in 2021, HCU alums Kim and David Balkum donated 14 mid-19th century Dutch paintings of the Stations of the Cross, depicting the passion of Jesus Christ.   The paintings have been placed throughout the University and be found through the map on the Stations of the Cross pamphlet.
  • The Visual Commentary on Scripture –  The “Visual Commentary,” launched by King’s College, London, displays three works of art for each passage of Scripture, accompanied by a commentary on the artwork and Scripture.
  • The Wiedmann Bible  – The Wiedmann Bible depicts the entire Old and New Testament in 3,333 images. This unique piece of art is named after the Stuttgart-based artist Willy Wiedmann (1929-2013). For 16 years, he worked on the Leporello, which is more than a mile long.

Other Bible Museums or Exhibits

  • Amsterdam’s Biblical Museum – Thee museum  exhibits include rare Bibles, archaeological finds, Egyptian artifacts, prints and paintings. Undisputed highlight is the oldest printed Bible in the Netherlands, dating back to 1477.  A scale The scale model of the tabernacle – the sacred shrine housing the Ark of the Covenant, which the Israelites carried with them, during their exile in the desert – is among the exhibits.
  • Biblical Heritage Exhibits – dedicated to teaching the history of the Bible in a visual and engaging manner, the exhibit is currently located on the second floor of Faith Baptist Church in Tacoma, Washington, with a second location at the Bible Education and Missionary Service headquarters in Gulfport, Mississippi. At both locations we encourage our visitors to step in and interact with the exhibit, handling the artifacts and holding each facsimile Bible as they read about the various historical texts.  The team continues to produce quality facsimiles for the exhibit to better tell the story of the Bible through a painstakingly detailed process of sourcing, digitizing, correcting and enhancing, printing, and binding. Quality facsimiles are also available for sale.
  • Christian Heritage Museum in Hagerstown, Maryland.
  • Museum of Biblical and Sacred Writings – a public museum, research center, and educational center for the study of ancient historical texts and archaeology in Irvine, California.
  • Museum of the Bible – Major Museum on the Bible, its history and influence opening in Washington D.C. November 2017.  Passages is a traveling exhibit from the Green collection (Steve Green, the founder of Hobby Lobby is sponsoring the collection and Museum of the Bible).
  • Manifold Greatness – a special exhibit on the “Creation and Afterlife of the King James Bible”, from collections at the Folger Shakespeare Library, the Bodleian Library at Oxford, and University of Texas’ Ransom Center.
  • A Collection of Bible Museums – Bible Gateway compiled a list with links to Bible Museums throughout the world.