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The Bible in my Head – Image 3

(See here for an introduction to ‘The Bible in my Head”)

This week’s image builds on recent weeks’. Each of these four images one of the clearly identifiable sections of the New Testament.

The meaning of these images is this:

  • Four interlocking puzzle pieces to remind ofthe fours gospels.
  • The boat on the sea to present the church (Acts); note the ‘bird/dove’-like sail motivating the boat.
  • The envelope to represent the NT letters
  • The telescope to represent the book of Revelation: looking ahead!

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The Bible in my Head – Image 2

(See here for an introduction to ‘The Bible in my Head”)

This week’s image builds on last week’s. Each of these five images corresponds to the five images from week one.

The meaning of these images is this:

  • Five ‘tear toes’ to remind that there are five books in the Torah section
  • The clock face is to remind that there are 12 books in the history/time section
  • The musical staff is to remind that there are 5 book (from the five musical lines) in the songs/poetry/wisdom section
  • The five fingers remind that there are five ‘major’ prophets
  • The 12 spaces in the egg carton are to remind that there are 12 ‘minor’ prophets

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The Bible in my Head – Image 1

(See here for an introduction to ‘The Bible in my Head”)

This the first image for the BIMH project.

The five items represent the 5 ‘sections’ of the Old Testament: Torah, History, Poetry, Major Prophets and Minor Prophets.

The suggested association of the images to the biblical sections is as follows:

  • Tear drop: first, ‘tear’ sounds a little like ‘Torah’; second, water features at key points in the Pentateuch narrative: the wild waters at the beginning, pre-creation; the waters parted at the Exodus in the middle of the collection; and the water to be crossed (the Jordan) to enter Canann at the end (admittedly, this last occurs in Joshua!).
  • Crown: symbolising the history into and through the kings, even if not all the books in this section are concerned with the kings.
  • Musical Notes: symbolising the poetic nature of the books in this section, often songs themselves (Psalms, Songs).
  • Large Prophetic figure: symbolising the ‘major’ (longer) prophetic books.
  • Small Prophetic figure: symbolising the ‘minor’ (shorter) prophetic books.

At this stage, all that is necessary is to be able to ‘conjure up’ the sequence of images in one’s mind, associating each with the ideas above, and in the correct order. The next stage of the process adds more information to these images, so you’ll want to be sure you’ve got this much in your head already!

The second image is here:

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The Bible in my Head

‘The Bible in my Head’ is a new (or, re-visited) project with the children in our congregation.

Most weeks from October 2019 the ‘With the children’ time in Sunday worship will feature a developing set of images and ideas intended to help cement in the children’s minds a sense for the flow of the scriptural narrative.

The imagery for each stage in building up this understanding will be included in the pew sheet each week, and then added to the web site with some explanation as to how it works.

The first image (October 13 2019) is here.