The Bible for Children: From the Age of Gutenberg to the Present

by Professor Ruth B. Bottigheimer

For more than five centuries, parents, teachers and preachers in Europe and America have written and illustrated Bibles especially for children. These children's Bibles vary widely, featuring different stories, various interpretations, and markedly divergent illustrations, despite their common source. How children's Bibles differ, and why, it the subject of this book, recognizing children's Bibles as a distinct genre with its own literary, historical and cultural significance.

338 pages, Hardcover

First published April 24, 1996

Reviews

[Ted Morgan · Rating 5 out of 5]

A fascinating history of a sort of subtext to Western religious experience, "The Bible for Children" explore the religious indoctrination of children is encyclopedic is not light but important reading with nuances of historical detail and commentary.

[Carol · Rating 4 out of 5]

I found this historical review of children's Bibles very enlightening.