Download or read book The Bible for Children written by Ruth B. Bottigheimer and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 1996-01-01 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For more than five centuries, parents, teachers, and preachers in Europe and America have written and illustrated Bibles especially for children. These children's Bibles vary widely, featuring different stories, various interpretations, and markedly divergent illustrations, despite their common source. How children's Bibles differ, and why, is the subject of this ground-breaking book, the first to recognize children's Bibles as a distinct genre with its own literary, historical, and cultural significance.