THE HEBREW BIBLE
Pope Francis signs paper copies of his blessing for the Hebrew Bible with Rabbi Skorka.
Dan Tartakovski and ACC Art Scritta have designed and produced this special edition of the Hebrew Bible. It is unlike any other artistic book that has been produced which delineates its beauty and power in an artistic form.
What is the Torah?
This Hebrew Bible has 372 pages and it contains all of the five books of Moses. Each of the 5 books is based on the main eras in Jewish history:- Genesis (the beginning of the universe and the world), Exodus (going out of Egypt), Leviticus (the tribe of Levi), Numbers (the formation of the 12 tribes of Israel and what happens to them in the wilderness) and Deuteronomy (Moses delivered his last words to the Jewish people before they entered the Holy Land). All the texts have been unaltered from the original Hebrew texts.
RENOWNED PERSONALITIES
The renowned personalities in art and biblical studies who believe in the Hebrew Bible and The Torah Project have written their support, reflections and perspectives about interfaith dialogue in the book’s prologue are:
Rabbi Dr. Abraham Skorka - Rector of the Latin American Rabbinical Seminary ‘M.T Meyer’, Rabbi of the Community ‘Benei Tikva
Monsignor Sergio Pagano - Prefect of the Vatican Secret Archives
Dr. Adolfo D. Roitman - Curator of the Dead Sea Scrolls and Head of the Shrine of the Book at the Israel Museum of Jerusalem
Professor Otello Lottini - Curator of the “Collezione d’Arte Contemporanea” (Contemporary Art Collection) of Roma Tre University
Each person’s support has been translated in 4 languages (English, Spanish, Italian and German).
Pope francis blessed the hebrew bible?
A hand-written blessing by the Holy Father Pope Francis is present in each book. He received a copy of this special edition of the Hebrew Bible at an exclusive presentation at the Vatican on February 23rd 2017.
There are 126 editions of the Hebrew Bible which are available, and each one contains 27 unique paintings from the Jewish Cuban artist - Baruj Salinas. All the paintings are signed by the artist and have the publisher’s logo, certifying that they are original and authentic.
In addition all the books are numbered from 1 to 126 and has an Object ID number so that each copy can be identified for authenticity and protection in case of theft.
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