Ground-breaking digital biblical image project launched

Ground-breaking digital biblical image project launched. A ground-breaking project of the largest ever online commentary on the Bible through visual images is to be launched by King's College London, following a donation. The Visual Commentary on Scripture (VCS) aims to cover the entire Christian Bible - the Old Testament, New Testament and Apocrypha - with vivid clusters of images, curated by an expert team of scholars providing accompanying commentary. The unique project will combine insights drawn from the three fields of Christian theology, art history, and biblical scholarship and it will offer a comprehensive, highly innovative and illuminating way of looking at the Bible. The digital resource will house more than 3,750 biblical images from all over the world and covering a period of 2,000 years. Precious resource Images will be drawn from every denomination of the Christian church, from both 'high art' and folk art traditions, and from the work of artists of non-Christian faiths (and no religious faith) when they come into creative dialogue with scriptural texts and scriptural themes. It will be a precious online study resource for academics, clergy, museums and galleries, as well as members of the public with a strong interest in art.