In this episode of “Liana’s Favorite Books,” Dr. Liana Lupas takes you on a tour of the 1537 “Matthew Bible,” which was the second printed edition of the Bible in English. The title page of this Bible lists its translator as “Thomas Matthew,” which was a pseudonym for… Read More

In this episode of “Liana’s Favorite Books,” Dr. Liana Lupas shows off the hidden wonders of the Spanish “Bear Bible,” which was published in 1569. It was the first Spanish Bible printed with the Old and New Testaments in a single volume. Translated by a Spanish refugee named Casiodoro… Read More

In this episode of “Liana’s Favorite Books,” Dr. Liana Lupas takes you on a tour of a Spanish New Testament printed all the way back in 1556. This tiny volume has some big stories to accompany it! The very first Bible to be issued in Spain was,… Read More

In this new episode of “Liana’s Favorite Books,” the esteemed librarian of American Bible Society, Dr. Liana Lupas, takes you back to the infamous reign of King Henry VIII in England. This beautiful Bible was printed in 1539 and is known as the Great Bible. King… Read More

In this episode of “Liana’s Favorite Books,” American Bible Society’s librarian, Dr. Liana Lupas, shows off a true historical treasure: the book of Malachi from the legendary Gutenberg Bible. It’s no exaggeration to call the Gutenberg Bible one of the most important books ever produced. As the first… Read More

This episode of “Liana’s Favorite Books” is a personal one for Dr. Liana Lupas. In it, she proudly takes you on a tour of the world’s first complete Bible in Romanian—which happens to be her heart language! This beautiful volume in American Bible Society’s historic Bible collection was… Read More

In this new episode of “Liana’s Favorite Books,” Dr. Liana Lupas shows off an 1832 Hawaiian New Testament that was originally gifted to American Bible Society by a Hawaiian queen! In addition to learning about how American missionaries brought Christianity to the Hawaiian Islands, you’ll get a close look… Read More

In this new episode of “Liana’s Favorite Books,” Dr. Liana Lupas shows off what bibliophiles refer to as an incunabulum. That’s a Latin word referring to the rarest of printed books—those produced during the infancy of the printing press (1455–1500). The precious book in question, which Dr. Read More

In this episode of our new video series, “Liana’s Favorite Books,” American Bible Society’s beloved librarian, Dr. Liana Lupas, takes you on a tour of the very first Bible printed in America: a 1663 Bible for the Algonquin people. This historic translation was also the first… Read More

In this inaugural episode of our new video series, “Liana’s Favorite Books,” American Bible Society’s beloved librarian, Dr. Liana Lupas, is pleased to share a historic Gothic translation of the Gospels. This 1671 edition is a polyglot containing the Gothic, Swedish, Islandic, and Latin texts. The… Read More