A Curious Hieroglyphic Bible Explained

Publisher:	Isaiah Thomas
Pub Date:	1788

A Curious Hieroglyphic Bible is an early American children's book. Published in 1788 by Isaiah Thomas in Worcester, Massachusetts,^{[1] [2]} it is a Bible partially in rebus form (some words replaced by pictures). It is not to be confused with a similar work of the same name published in 1784 in London by Thomas Hodgson.^{[3] [4]}

The book, of which only four remaining copies are known to exist, contains almost 500 woodcuts. This was the first American rebus bible, a popular form in the late 18th century for introducing children to bible reading.^[1] The book was one of 88 books included in the Library of Congress's 2012 exhibition "Books That Shaped America".^[2]

External links

Digital copy @ World Digital Library

Notes and References

1. Web site: A Curious Hieroglyphick Bible . American Treasures of the Library of Congress . Library of Congress . January 31, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151009020545/http://loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/tri014.html . 2015-10-09 . dead .
2. Web site: Books That Shaped America . Library of Congress . January 31, 2015.
3. Web site: Hieroglyphick Bible for children . 18th Century Bibles & Other Literature . January 31, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150131220935/http://www.18thcenturybibles.org/Hieroglyphick_Bible.html . 2015-01-31 . dead .
4. Book: Norton, David . A History of the English Bible as Literature . January 31, 2015 . 2000 . Revised . Cambridge University Press . 978-0521778077 . 216.