The ESV Illuminated Bible places the full ESV text alongside over 500 elegantly hand-lettered gold ink illustrations by renowned artist Dana Tanamachi, encouraging readers to 'light up' the words of Scripture by adding their own artwork and colour to each page. Features over 500 hand-lettered gold ink illustrations invite you to engage with the beauty of God's Word. Dana Tanamachi is an American lettering artist, graphic designer, and illustrator whose exquisite typographic murals ignited the worldwide chalk-lettering trend.

Want to be able to visualize the materials used to build Solomon’s temple or know what myrrh and frankincense look like? The only things missing are the drop caps and icons from the first page of each book and the full page illustration from the beginning of a few books when they put them together in one volume.

Therefore the edition is entirely 'safe' for a Reformed (evangelical) Christian such as myself to use: the principle of the prohibition against the use of graven images is not violated, although one might say, I suppose, that in its spirit this edition is closer to Luther than to Zwingli. This letter is filled with warnings and exhortations for believers seeking to withstand persecution and suffering, including the encouragement to pay attention to the prophetic word “as to a lamp shining in a dark place” (1:19).

The verses are meant to act as ebenezers—landmarks of God’s faithfulness to creation, reminders of his salvific plan, and signposts to his abiding commitment to display his glory in all the earth. After the people are threatened with punishment as a consequence of their rebellion, God continues to show mercy. The ESV Illuminated Bible places the full ESV text alongside over 500 elegantly hand-lettered gold ink illustrations by renowned artist Dana Tanamachi, encouraging readers to 'light up' the words of Scripture by adding their own artwork and color to each page. Printed on thick cream-colored paper, the Bible's single-column text setting and wide margins provide generous space for additional notes, prayers, and designs--inviting readers to creatively engage with and reflect on the beauty of God's Word. It looks quality and would highly recommend to anyone who is looking for a Bible to last generations.

The artwork here represents Job’s story of suffering and trial, as he lost all of the good things he had received from the hand of God. The covers are thick cardboard in various colors with a different large gold foil illustration on each cover. Read more about the condition New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages.