The Bible In Comics: How Genesis, Other Biblical Stories Come Alive Through Illustration

This article first appeared in Sacred Matters housed at Emory University. The Bible was written on scrolls, papyri, and parchment, and rendered in languages ancient or dead. For some religious people, it would seem an act of disrespect, if not sacrilege, to translate its stories and lessons into pictures. Yet down the centuries, countless believers have eagerly translated the Bible into art, sculpture, music, and architecture. To encounter the Bible in art is to encounter the reverence, the joy,...