Bible scenes in oil
The beautifully painted binding of this eighteenth-century Bible edition immediately catches the eye. Two scenes are painted in oil on the parchment binding. On the front cover, we see Elijah sitting by the stream Kerit. 'The ravens brought him bread and meat there in the morning and evening, and water he drank from the river,' says the New Bible translation in 1 Kings 17:6. The back cover depicts Christ sitting at Jacob's well where He asks a woman to draw water for Him so He can quench His thirst.
The word of God: nourishing and quenching thirst?
Is it a coincidence that on this tape just these two stories are depicted? Or do these two stories tell something about how the possessor saw this book? The Bible as a word that feeds and quenches thirst.
