The 4th-6th grade classes had the immense privilege of attending “The Word, Ink & Blood” exhibit at The Muzeo in Anaheim. It was truly a field trip that integrated several of GCA’s educational subjects: biblical studies, church history, world history, and a little Latin and Greek thrown in for good measure.
From Muzeo’s synopsis: THE WORD: Ink & Blood is the world’s largest, most comprehensive exhibition on the history of the Bible and the origins of written language. This unprecedented collection of artifacts, which includes authentic Dead Sea Scroll fragments, ancient biblical manuscripts and 5,000-year-old pictographic clay tablets from ancient Mesopotamia, opens February 3, 2012 at MUZEO in downtown Anaheim.
“This is a landmark exhibit; …,” states John Scola, MUZEO executive director. “Our visitors from throughout the region will have the rare opportunity to see and experience how the modern English Bible evolved from ancient Hebrew text and learn how so many fought and died for the Bible – the most widely read document in the world.”
Totaling more than 100 artifacts, in addition to the Dead Sea Scroll fragments and 5,000-year- old clay tablets, the collection includes Hebrew Torahs, ancient Greek texts, Medieval Latin manuscripts, original pages from Gutenberg’s Bible and rare English printed Bibles. The exhibition also includes a working life-size reproduction of the most significant invention of the last millennium, Gutenberg’s Printing Press with moveable type. Live demonstrations of the printing press are planned as part of the exhibition experience.
[important note: no flash photography is allowed (as it can be damaging to these delicate texts) and none was used in creating these images. any light seen bouncing off these exhibits is from museum ceiling spot lighting.]
