Visualizing the Bible
My friend Mark sent me an interesting website from Chris Harrison. In it, Chris has plotted out different connections in the Bible and artistically rendered them to appreciate graphically. Below I display one of his graphs displaying the 63,779 cross-references in the Bible. This takes a few moments to read (and reread) his explanation and then stare at the image for a bit. If you are a visual person than this offers a helpful perspective on the connectedness of Scripture. He also does connections with names in other graphs on his site. You can view high res versions of the graphics from his site as well which allows you to see some of the connections more specifically.
“The bar graph that runs along the bottom represents all of the chapters in the Bible. Books alternate in color between white and light gray. The length of each bar denotes the number of verses in the chapter. Each of the 63,779 cross references found in the Bible is depicted by a single arc – the color corresponds to the distance between the two chapters, creating a rainbow-like effect.”
Tags: Bible
June 8th, 2009 at 3:13 PM
Wow! That is fascinating.
June 8th, 2009 at 4:38 PM
Wow. I love this.
June 9th, 2009 at 1:34 PM
So when it arcs that means that the verse appear elsewhere in the Bible?
June 9th, 2009 at 1:38 PM
Each arc is connecting one verse that references another verse. The books of the Bible are displayed in the bar graph at the bottom. I had to reread the explanation a few times to catch all that the picture is showing.
June 9th, 2009 at 1:41 PM
That’s amazing and beautiful!
June 10th, 2009 at 12:06 PM
WOW!! That’s so wild and absolutely stunning…such a fascinating way to visualize the interconnectedness of the Bible!! It’d be pretty cool to do an Off The Record with Chris imo!