The book of Genesis
by R. Crumb · first published 2009
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From Creation to the death of Joseph, here is the Book of Genesis, revealingly illustrated as never before. This eagerly awaited graphic work retells the first book of the Bible in a profoundly honest way. Peeling away the theological and scholarly interpretations that have often obscured its most dramatic stories, R. Crumb - using actual text word for word - has imagined the Bible as it really was. Now, readers of every persuasion - Crumb fans, comic book lovers, history buffs, and believers - can gain astonishing new insights from these harrowing, visceral, and even juicy stories. Crumb's
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It reminds me of "The Book of Genesis Illustrated by R. Crumb" (https://www.amazon.com/Book-Genesis-Illustrated-R-Crumb/dp/0...), which I enjoyed. He, as an atheist, tries to present it in the raw form, without "explaining the hidden message"…
on “The Alter Bible” ↗Check out R. Crumb’s “illustrated Book of Genesis”. I thought for sure it was going to be a spoof or parody. Nope, he plays it straight and it’s even creepier than his other work! I love it!
on “R. Crumb Means Some Offense” ↗I've done a lot of reading on this topic lately. What originally grabbed my interest was reading R. Crumb's "The Book of Genesis Illustrated." It's a comic that attempts in a relatively flat way to draw the events of Genesis without any interpretation. Of course, some interpretation and error is inevitable, but it's not a book…
on “How the God of Israel Was Born” ↗