History Channel's miniseries "The Bible" continues to draw impressive numbers of viewers to the network each Sunday night, but consider these numbers: $35 million, the cost of a copy of the Gutenberg Bible; and 1782, the year in which Congress officially authorized the Aitken Bible, the only one to have received such an honor.
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Previously at the Vatican, the Gutenberg and Aitken bibles are among the artifacts on display in New York City this week as part of "The Bible Experience," a gallery of rare biblical artifacts and photographs from producers Mark Burnett and Roma Downey's Moroccan-based production of "The Bible."
Open to the public from March 20 to 27, "The Bible Experience" includes some of the most incredible selections from the Green Collection, which features 40,000 biblical pieces overall, and will be housed in a Washington, D.C., museum that will open in 2017 and cover an entire city block.
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"The Bible Experience" is on display at the Highline Building in New York City, and admission is free. Click through the following slideshow for a peek at some of the rare artifacts that are making their NYC debut.
The Aitken Bible
After the Revolutionary War, the British cut off the supply of Bibles to the United States. Philadelphia printer and bookseller Robert Aitken spent large sums of his own money to ... moreThe Aitken Bible
After the Revolutionary War, the British cut off the supply of Bibles to the United States. Philadelphia printer and bookseller Robert Aitken spent large sums of his own money to print an American edition of the Bible, which Congress reviewed and approved in 1782. It was not only the first English-language Bible printed in the States, but also the only Bible ever to be officially authorized by Congress. less
"The Bible" airs Sundays at 8 PM on History, through March 31. The miniseries will be available on Blu-ray, DVD, and DHD on April 2.
