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Illuminating Justice explores the call to social ethics in The Saint John's Bible, the first major handwritten and hand-illuminated Christian Bible since the invention of the printing press. Situating his close analysis of The Saint John's Bible's illuminations in the context of contemporary biblical exegesis and Catholic teaching, Homrighausen shows how this project stimulates the ethical imagination of its readers and viewers on matters of justice for women, care for creation, and dialogue between Jews and Christians. Written for scholars, pastors, teachers, and any fan of The Saint John's Bible, this book shows how beauty and justice intertwine in this wondrous illuminated Bible for the new millennium.
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"In this gem of a book, Jonathan Homrighausen not only takes us on a lavishly illustrated tour of The Saint John's Bible-an artistic achievement unparalleled since the Middle Ages-but he reveals the ethical power of its images: for interreligious dialogue, women's rights, and ecology. Jonathan Homrighausen is a creative emerging voice in imaginative theology and his adventurous book deserves a rea
J. David Pleins, Santa Clara University
"'Beauty is in the eye of the beholder,' a phrase coined in the nineteenth century by Margaret Wolfe Hungerford, corresponds with what today's biblical interpreters refer to as `the world in front of the text.' In other words, there is a subjective quality to all interpretation. Jonathan Homrighausen here provides us with a stunning example of such interpretation. Reading the exquisite illuminatio
Dianne Bergant, CSA, Professor Emerita of Old Testament Studies, Catholic Theological Unio