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    Great Scenes from the Bible: 230 Magnificent 17th-Century Engravings
    Great Scenes from the Bible: 230 Magnificent 17th-Century Engravings
    Great Scenes from the Bible: 230 Magnificent 17th-Century Engravings
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    Great Scenes from the Bible: 230 Magnificent 17th-Century Engravings

    By Matthaeus Merian (the Elder)

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    Remarkably detailed illustrations depict Adam and Eve Driven Out of the Garden of Eden, The Flood, David Slaying Goliath, Christ in the Manger, The Raising of Lazarus, The Crucifixion, and many other scenes. A wonderful pictorial dimension to age-old stories. All 230 plates from the classic 1625 edition.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDover Publications
    Release dateMay 9, 2013
    ISBN9780486155838
    Great Scenes from the Bible: 230 Magnificent 17th-Century Engravings

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      Great Scenes from the Bible - Matthaeus Merian (the Elder)

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      THE OLD TESTAMENT

      HEAVEN AND EARTH

      In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. Genesis, 1:1

      THE CREATION OF MAN

      So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him. Genesis, 1:27

      THE SERPENT IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN

      But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. Genesis, 3:3

      ADAM AND EVE DRIVEN FROM THE GARDEN

      So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden cherubims, and a flaming sword. Genesis, 3:24

      GOD’S CURSE

      And unto Adam he said...cursed is the ground for thy sake, in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life. Genesis, 3:17

      CAIN AND ABEL

      And it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother and slew him. Genesis, 4:8

      NOAH’S ARK

      There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded. Genesis, 7: 9

      THE FLOOD

      And the flood was forty days upon the earth. Genesis, 7:17

      GOD’S COVENANT

      I do set my bow in the cloud and it shall be a token of a covenant between me and the earth. Genesis, 9:13

      NOAH’S DRUNKENNESS

      And he drank of the wine and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent. Genesis,

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