Exhibit showcases key people, texts on road to English Bible
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Surya Dasgupta tries to read the text of a small Bible Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2015, part of a display on the history of the Bible at All Saints Episcopal School in Tyler. Retired Baptist minister the Rev. Harold Rawlings assembled the collection during his 38 years in the pulpit in Cincinnati, Ohio, and now goes to schools and churches to share how the Christian Bible came to modern society. Andrew D. Brosig/Tyler Morning Telegraph
The Rev. Harold Rawlings talks about the history of the Bible, illustrated with a replica of a page from the Gutenberg Bible, during a presentation for students Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2014, at All Saints Episcopal School in Tyler. A retired Baptist minister, Rawlings assembled the collection during his 38 years in the pulpit in Cincinnati, Ohio, and now goes to schools and churches to share how the Christian Bible came to modern society. Andrew D. Brosig/Tyler Morning Telegraph
With the pages open to Psalms 23, a 1611 King James Bible is part of a display on Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2015, in Roberts Hall at All Saints Episcopal School in Tyler. Retired Baptist minister the Rev. Harold Rawlings assembled the collection during his 38 years in the pulpit in Cincinnati, Ohio, and now goes to schools and churches to share how the Christian Bible came to modern society. Andrew D. Brosig/Tyler Morning Telegraph
All Saints Episcopal School seventh graders look at a "chained" Bible and others Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2015, at the school in Tyler. The chained Bible still bears part of its chain used to secure the tomes to prevent enthusiastic parishioners from stealing them from churches. Andrew D. Brosig/Tyler Morning Telegraph
The Rev. Harold Rawlings, center, talks about his collection of historic Bibles on Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2015, for a group of seventh graders at All Saints Episcopal School in Tyler. A retired Baptist minister, Rawlings assembled the collection during his 38 years in the pulpit in Cincinnati, Ohio, and now goes to schools and churches to share how the Christian Bible came to modern society. Andrew D. Brosig/Tyler Morning Telegraph
The Rev. Harold Rawlings, center, points out the details in a Bible with the text written by hand on sheep-skin velum dating from the 13th Century — the oldest in his collection — for a group of seventh graders Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2015, at All Saints Episcopal School in Tyler. A retired Baptist minister, Rawlings assembled the collection during his 38 years in the pulpit in Cincinnati, Ohio, and now goes to schools and churches to share how the Christian Bible came to modern society. Andrew D. Brosig/Tyler Morning Telegraph