Buddhist Catholic Contemplative Evangelical General Christian Hindu Jewish Latter-day Saint Muslim New Visions Progressive Christian

Beliefs

Topics

Columnists

Resource Library

Research Tools

Video

Podcasts

Thought Readers

Faith In Media Tracker

Newsletters

Ad-Free & Subscriber Log-In Subscription Support

Follow Patheos

Holy Writ

Home
About

Home
Evangelical
Modern Examples of Handwritten English Bibles

Modern Examples of Handwritten English Bibles

Last updated on: April 5, 2018 at 1:58 pm by Dillon Burroughs

Modern Examples of Handwritten English Bibles 2018-04-05T13:58:13-04:00 Dillon Burroughs

LOGO Patheos Explore the world's faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality! Patheos has the views of the prevalent religions and spiritualities of the world.

I recently announced the completion of my second time handwriting the entire Bible in English. While rare, I am not the only one to successfully finish an entire handwritten Bible.

A brief search shows the following:

Mona’s Bible

According to the video, “Mona spent 16 years (1968-1984) writing a copy of the King Jame’s Bible. Why? ‘It just happened…’ Every word is true…Here, she shares a glimpse of the story, with photos and the 4 volume copy she wrote.”

Jeff’s Handwritten Bible

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03RoDjdalJs

Jeff finished in 2014. Like me, he used the NIV. Unlike me, he wrote in tiny print in a bound journal. Pretty amazing.

Michael’s Handwritten Bible

Michael Mattox notes, “What started as a study in Psalms continued to be the whole Bible written out by hand. Mostly written in fountain pen in over 40 journals, it took over three years to complete.” His cursive writing is much better than mine, which explains why I use printed letters instead. However, his use of high quality journals means his may last longer than mine. Plus, he has over 40 volumes, a cool biblical number.

Phillip Patterson’s Handwritten Bible

Phillip Patterson completed his King James Version handwritten Bible around the same time I completed my first copy in 2013. According to an L.A. Times article, he completed his copy within two months of mine. He was 63 years old at the time.

There Are Others

I’m sure there are other examples as well. In addition, in South Korea there has been a movement called the Bible Transcription Movement since the 1980s. Apparently, thousands of South Korean Christians have completed portions or entire copies of the Bible since this time.

The best story includes a woman over 90 years old who completed a record 12 handwritten Bibles–in three languages (four each in Korean, Japanese, and English).

Do you know anyone who has handwritten the entire Bible or large portions of it? If so, let me know in the comments or on Facebook. Thanks!

+++

Dillon Burroughs is the author and coauthor of numerous books and blogs about his experiences of handwriting the Bible at the Holy Writ Project on Patheos.com. Find out more about Dillon at Facebook or Twitter.

handwrite the entire bible

handwritten bible

Handwritten copies of the Bible

transcribe the bible

handwritten bible

two handwritten bibles

Previous Post

April 2, 2018

Amen and Amen: Thoughts on Handwriting the Bible a Second Time

Next Post

April 17, 2018 The Great Bible of Mainz: The Story of a Little Known Handwritten Bible

Browse Our Archives

Select a Category handwrite the entire bible handwritten bible Handwritten copies of the Bible transcribe the bible

Select a Month July 2018 April 2018 February 2018 January 2018 December 2017 September 2013 August 2013 July 2013 June 2013 May 2013 April 2013 March 2013 February 2013 January 2013 December 2012 November 2012 October 2012 September 2012 August 2012 July 2012 June 2012 May 2012 April 2012 March 2012 February 2012 January 2012 December 2011 November 2011 October 2011 September 2011 August 2011 July 2011 June 2011 May 2011 April 2011 March 2011 February 2011 January 2011

TAKE THE

Religious Wisdom Quiz

What is a fruit of the Spirit listed in Galatians 5?

Select your answer to see how you score.

Pride Kindness Envy Greed