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Initially published in a series of three volumes, each book has now been revised by the author and included together in this helpful single volume. Susan Sink's book promises to intensify and expand the experience of all who come in contact with The Saint John's Bible.
In The Saint John's Bible the art, plentiful and beautiful, is not there as decoration or even as illustration: it is there to illuminate, to light up Holy Scripture from within. It is sacred art, focused intently on Sacred Revelation. Susan Sink's magnificent book is above all a biblical book. She leads us into every section of the Bible, puts it in context for us, and makes clear how the art springs from and refers back to a salvific meaning. It is a book almost impossible to comprehend; it does not ask us to comprehend. What it does ask is that we open our minds and hearts and allow the Word of God, written, drawn, and painted, to transform us. These pages are not for mere reading. They are for lectio divina, as befits a Benedictine book.
Sister Wendy Beckett, Contemplative nun, author, art commentator
By its sheer beauty and craftsmanship the Saint John's Bible compels its viewers to stand in awe. That experience will be further enhanced when readers have in hand Susan Sink's The Art of the Saint John's Bible. She presents us with finely crafted answers to questions we might not have even been aware we were seeking. Why that image? Those colors? How did they . . .? A solid contribution to an epic enterprise.
George Wilson, S.J.
Susan Sink is a poet and writer who lives in St. Joseph, Minnesota. She is an oblate of Saint John's Abbey. She is the author of a book of poems, The Way of All the Earth (2003), and all three volumes of The Art of The Saint John's Bible (Liturgical Press).
In The Saint John's Bible the art, plentiful and beautiful, is not there as decoration or even as illustration: it is there to illuminate, to light up Holy Scripture from within. It is sacred art, focused intently on Sacred Revelation. Susan Sink's magnificent book is above all a biblical book. She leads us into every section of the Bible, puts it in context for us, and makes clear how the art springs from and refers back to a salvific meaning. It is a book almost impossible to comprehend; it does not ask us to comprehend. What it does ask is that we open our minds and hearts and allow the Word of God, written, drawn, and painted, to transform us. These pages are not for mere reading. They are for lectio divina, as befits a Benedictine book.
Sister Wendy Beckett, Contemplative nun, author, art commentator
By its sheer beauty and craftsmanship the Saint John's Bible compels its viewers to stand in awe. That experience will be further enhanced when readers have in hand Susan Sink's The Art of the Saint John's Bible. She presents us with finely crafted answers to questions we might not have even been aware we were seeking. Why that image? Those colors? How did they . . .? A solid contribution to an epic enterprise.
George Wilson, S.J.
Susan Sink is a poet and writer who lives in St. Joseph, Minnesota. She is an oblate of Saint John's Abbey. She is the author of a book of poems, The Way of All the Earth (2003), and all three volumes of The Art of The Saint John's Bible (Liturgical Press).