The Bible in stained glass
Full-color reproductions, with full descriptions of the windows and their iconography, of some of the most spectacular and historic stained glass windows of Europe
Illustrated works
160 pages : color illustrations ; 32 cm
9780819215529, 9780819219473, 9780564071357, 081921552X, 0819219479, 0564071358
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1. The Old Testament. Creation
The serpent deceives Eve
Cain and Able
Noah's ark
The tower of Babel
The lord appears to Abraham
Abraham and Isaac
Jacob's ladder
Joseph and his brothers
Pharaoh's butler's dream
Moses
Crossing the Red sea
The ten commandments
Spying out the land
Jericho is taken
Samson
Samson at Gaza
Samuel
King Saul
The ancestors of Jesus
David
Solomon
Rehoboam and Jeroboam
Elijah and Elisha
Daniel
Amos
Jonah. 2. The New Testament. The annunciation
The nativity
The adoration of the sheperds
The magi
Elizabeth and John
Jesus is baptized
Jesus is tempted
Jesus begins to preach
The sermon on the mount
The marriage at Cana
Jesus feeds five thousand
Jesus heals a blind man
Jesus walks on the sea
Jesus' parables
The good Samaritan
The sower
The transfiguration
Mary anoints Jesus' feet The triumphal entry
Jesus cleanses the temple
The last supper
Jesus' agony in the garden
Jesus is betrayed
Jesus before Pilate
Jesus is scourged and mocked
Peter denies Christ
On the way to the cross
The crucifixion
The resurrection
Doubting Thomas
On the way to Emmaus
Jesus appears by the sea
Jesus' charge to Peter
The ascension
Pentecost
Peter and John heal a lame man
Peter in prison
Saul's conversion
Paul in prison
The apocalypse
A new heaven and a new earth
The churches
Photographing the glass
Originally published in the UK by Bible Society
Full-color reproductions, with full descriptions of the windows & their iconography, of some of the most spectacular & historic stained glass windows of Europe. [back cover]
Includes index