Looking For a Specific Illustrated Children's Bible
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I'm looking for a very specific illustrated children's Bible that I cannot remember the name of. It has very stylized illustrations (non-realistic bodies, skin colors, etc). I remember this illustrated Bible had stories on one page and full-page illustrations on the other (I don't remember there being both stories and illustrations on the same page together).
One of the more specific illustrations I can remember is the death of Absalom which is drawn from the back (you don't see his face), his fingers are extremely outstretched, his hair is almost in dreads hooked around the tree branch, and his horse (I believe) is shown riding off into the distance. I don't believe this illustration has arrows in his body but I am not 100% sure. Another illustration I remember pretty clearly is the depiction of Elijah raising of the son of the widow of Zarephath. The dead son is colored mostly either grey or blue and Elijah is looking upward with extremely stylized expression of despair. Other illustrations I remember is Satan depicted as a man wearing all black robes during what I think was the Temptation of Christ (with Satan also having either grey or pitch black skin if I recall correctly) and another illustration from an unknown story of a humanoid angel with white skin, a shaved bald head, and white robes.
Overall, this was definitely the most stylized illustrated Bible I ever read as a child and I would absolutely love to find it again. I've asked my parents and they do remember giving it to me and having it on the bookshelf (with clear memories of some of the illustrations frightening me due to their stylistic nature), but they have moved a few times since then and I tried searching for it in their boxes of books and have been unable to find it.
Asked by Paul Omans
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Jul 13, 2022, 09:54 PM
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