{"id":232,"date":"2011-09-26T20:21:09","date_gmt":"2011-09-27T00:21:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/profoundmystery.com\/onemansrace\/?p=232"},"modified":"2025-07-04T20:09:56","modified_gmt":"2025-07-04T20:09:56","slug":"a-different-way-to-see-the-old-testament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/profoundmystery.com\/onemansrace\/2011\/09\/26\/a-different-way-to-see-the-old-testament\/","title":{"rendered":"A Different Way to See the Old Testament"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are a lot of ways to visualize the narratives in the Bible. Even some of the commandments in the Torah provide strong mental imagery. Somehow I found this: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bricktestament.com\">The Brick Testament<\/a><\/p>\n<table width=\"540\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\">\n<div align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><span style=\"font-size: large\"><strong>New Book!<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"270\">\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Brick-Bible-New-Spin-Testament\/dp\/1616084219\/ref=nosim\/thebricktesta-20\/\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thebricktestament.com\/shop\/the_brick_bible_225x291.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"291\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td><strong><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thebricktestament.com\/website_images\/new_icon04.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"34\" height=\"13\" \/>\u00a0The Brick Bible\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n266 pages, 1,400 images<br \/>\n$19.95&#8243;A curiously powerful graphic novel.&#8221; -Publisher&#8217;s Weekly (starred review)It&#8217;s the illustrated Old Testament in all its glory, from Adam and Eve to David and Solomon, all in one beautiful and action-packed book.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>If you have ever wondered what the Bible looked like here is funny take on it. There quite a few of the illustrations from the book online. Makes me take a whole new look at my childhood toys. Also, it really brings parts of the law to life.<\/p>\n<p>Some of my favorite depictions are:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bricktestament.com\/genesis\/god_wants_part_of_penis_cut_off\/01_gn17_05p07.html\">The circumscsion rite<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thebricktestament.com\/the_law\/false_prophets\/dt13_01.html\">What to do with the false prophets<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thebricktestament.com\/the_law\/when_to_stone_your_children\/dt21_18a.html\">When to stone your children<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are a lot of ways to visualize the narratives in the Bible. Even some of the commandments in the Torah provide strong mental imagery. Somehow I found this: The Brick Testament New Book! \u00a0The Brick Bible\u00a0 266 pages, 1,400 images $19.95&#8243;A curiously powerful graphic novel.&#8221; -Publisher&#8217;s Weekly (starred review)It&#8217;s the illustrated Old Testament in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,10,1],"tags":[43],"class_list":["post-232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-scriptures-1","category-scriptures1","category-uncategorized","tag-oldies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/profoundmystery.com\/onemansrace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/profoundmystery.com\/onemansrace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/profoundmystery.com\/onemansrace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/profoundmystery.com\/onemansrace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/profoundmystery.com\/onemansrace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=232"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/profoundmystery.com\/onemansrace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":812,"href":"https:\/\/profoundmystery.com\/onemansrace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232\/revisions\/812"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/profoundmystery.com\/onemansrace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/profoundmystery.com\/onemansrace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/profoundmystery.com\/onemansrace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}