The Pepper Bible, a Modern Illuminated Manuscript of the Bible

Pepper Bible YouTube Channel

pepperbible — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 05:08:31 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/user/biblescribe

Pepper Bible YouTube Channel features video by the American Bible Society on my work in making a handwritten illuminated manuscript of the Bible with links to the books on sale at Amazon.com. This includes news videos by CBS and UMTV as well as news articles by the Dallas Morning News, Interpreter Magazine and the United Methodist Reporter. ABC made a video on my work but it is no longer available on the Internet. I was blessed for this work by Pope John Paul II and the Archbishop of York and I received a bible from the Archbishop of Canterbury to correct my text.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PSXjr1gbjc

Also I include a link to the Preview of the two new movies “The Hobbit” by Peter Jackson and below is some information on the movie. Notice the use of the pen in these movies, the art of Calligraphy used throughout. People often ask the question What is celtic? That tradition of a livestyle and culture is found in these movies and you can find it in my manuscripts because it is my heritage.

Here is some information on The Hobbit:

http://www.thehobbit.com and http://www.facebook.com/TheHobbitMovie
Fantasy Adventure. “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey” follows title character Bilbo Baggins, who is swept into an epic quest to reclaim the lost Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor, which was long ago conquered by the dragon Smaug. Approached out of the blue by the wizard Gandalf the Grey, Bilbo finds himself joining a company of thirteen dwarves led by the legendary warrior, Thorin Oakensheild. Their journey will take them into the Wild; through treacherous lands swarming with Goblins and Orcs, deadly Wargs and Giant Spiders, Shapeshifters and Sorcerers. Although their goal lies to the East and the wastelands of the Lonely Mountain first they must escape the goblin tunnels, where Bilbo meets the creature that will change his life forever … Gollum. Here, alone with Gollum, on the shores of an underground lake, the unassuming Bilbo Baggins not only discovers depths ofguile and courage that surprise even him, he also gains possession of Gollum’s “precious” ring that holds unexpected and useful qualities … A simple, gold ring that is tied to the fate of all Middle-earth in ways Bilbo cannot begin to know.

“Nine Lessons and Carols,” “The Gospel According to Saint Luke,” and “Four Prayers for All God’s Children This Christmas”

pepperbible — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 19:40:43 +0000

Nine Lessons and Carols by James Pepper

“Nine Lessons and Carols” by James Pepper

An e-book. The Christmas Service sung by the boys choir at Kings College Cambridge every year and aired on the BBC handwritten and illustrated including 14 Christmas Carols so when you go caroling you can have them right there on your device and read the lyrics directly. Carols include Silent Night, Hark the Herald Angels Sing, On Christmas Night, and Joy to the World!
http://amzn.com/B006GIQFNQ

The Gospel According to Saint Luke; from the Pepper Bible, an Illuminated Manuscript

“The Gospel According to Saint Luke: from The Pepper Bible, A Modern Illuminated Manuscript“

and E-book, is out now on Amazon, Barnes and Noble.com and also on the ibooks for the iPad. A handwritten illuminated manuscript with 25 full page illuminations and 440 illustrated verse initials made like they were written a thousand years ago. http://amzn.com/B004EPZ390

Four Prayers for All God’s Children This Christmas

The Lord’s Prayer, the Prayer of Saint Francis, The Serenity Prayer and the Prayer of the Holy Spirit, handwritten and illustrated by James G. Pepper with the commentary by Bill Lawrence, the Dean of the Perkins School of Theology and by Mark Stamm, a professor of theology at the Perkins School of Theology. The book is being published by Terry Jones. It is a paperback book http://amzn.com/1467912697 and the proceeds of this book are going to benefit Children’s Medical Center in Dallas Texas.

Nine Lessons and Carols; a handmade manuscript for worship; hand-scribed and illustrated by James Pepper is on Amazon.com

pepperbible — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 01:58:48 +0000

Nine Lessons and Carols; a handmade manuscript for worship; hand-scribed and illustrated by James Pepper is published on Amazon at this link: http://amzn.com/B006GIQFNQ

It is a book of 14 Christmas Carols which you can read on your Kindle and we will also be placing it on the Nook and on ibooks for the iPad!

The Nine Lessons are the story of the birth of Jesus as told in the Christmas Service t at Kings College Cambridge and is sung by the boys choir every Christmas on the BBC. My edition contains 14 Christmas Carols including Silent Night, Hark the Herald Angels Sing, O Holy Night and many other favorites! All of this is decorated and handwritten with drawings for this book and drawings from my handwritten illuminated manuscript the Pepper Bible. The title page is the Chi Rho page from the Gospels.

And because it is an ebook you can take it with you when you go caroling with the Christmas Carols right at your fingertips. You can give this as a gift on Amazon.com.

"Nine Lessons and Carols" by James Pepper a handwritten book of Christmas Carols on Amazon

Christmas Cards on Etsy.com

pepperbible — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 01:26:15 +0000

We have Christmas Cards of pages handwritten and illustrated including “Silent Night,” “The Fruits of the Spirit,” The Lord’s Prayer and “For Unto Us a Child is Born” at http://www.etsy.com/shop/pepperbible

Luke is on Amazon.com for the PC, Mac, iPad, iPhone, Blackberry, Android, and the Kindle

pepperbible — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 16:14:07 +0000

Luke is available on Amazon at this link.

The Gospel According to Saint Luke: from The Pepper Bible, A Modern Illuminated Manuscript

You can give this to another person, Amazon has a feature where you can give ebooks to other people.

The Gospel According to Saint Luke

ebook, in English, is available for purchase on Amazon.com as a Kindle Book which can be read in full color on the PC, Mac, iPad, iPhone, Blackberry, Android, and also in black and white on the Kindle.

Now available at Barnes & Noble on the Nook, PC, iPad, Android, iPhone

pepperbible — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 03:12:01 +0000

The Gospel According to Saint Luke ebook, in English, is available for purchase on NOOK at the Barnes and Noble website here! More languages and books to follow. It is available on the PC, iPhone, iPad, Android, and the Nook.

To read on the PC you go to this page and click on “Free Nook Apps” which is a link in green on the right side of the page and then you select Nook for PC at the bottom of the page.

The Gospel of Saint Luke is published on the iPad

pepperbible — Sun, 17 Oct 2010 13:47:45 +0000

The Gospel According to Saint Luke ebook, in English, is available for purchase on iPad via the iBooks application! More languages and books to follow.For those who are not on iPad, we will be selling these very beautiful ebooks (which can be viewed in full color on any computer with Adobe Digital Solutions or Calibre)… via a partner website very soon!

ISBN is 9780983029007. Author (of course) is James Pepper!

I am working on translations in separate edtions in French, German, Spanish and Portuguese where you will be able to search the handwritten English content in these languages.

We have published the Gospel of Luke!

THB — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 23:07:16 +0000

We have published an ePub version of The Gospel According to Saint Luke, excerpted from the Pepper Bible and optimised for iPad viewing. Once we have received a link to the online store, we will publish it here.

The St. John’s Gospel Fragment, the earliest known fragment of the New Testament

THB — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 22:11:18 +0000

The John Rylands University Library at Manchester has a fragment of the Gospel of St. John, dating to the first half of the second century AD. On this small scrap of papyrus, written in Greek and found in Egypt, is Chapter 18 verses 37 and 38:

³⁷Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice.

³⁸ Pilate saith unto him, What is truth? And when he had said this, he went out again unto the Jews, and saith unto them, I find in him no fault at all.

Click thru the link here to read about this fascinating piece of history, and to see images of this almost 2000 year old manuscript!

The Pepper Gospels

pepperbible — Sun, 23 May 2010 11:48:22 +0000

I have made – by hand – an illuminated manuscript of the Gospels, a separate and complete New Testament and several books of the Old Testament. I did not use computers, I did it the hard way, as it has been done for centuries.

This is a 5 minute video by “American Bible Society Presents:”

For this work I have blessings from Pope John Paul II and the Archbishop of York.

“It is given to very few to undertake, or even contemplate, a labour of such Herculean proportions. It is given to fewer still to complete it. What you have done represents an achievement which, so far as His Grace is aware, is quite without parallel in modern times.” “It is a powerful witness to the living God.” Archbishop of York Sentamu Ebor

“His Holiness prays that your work will help you to discover each day in the inspired writings of the Old and New Testaments “a support for faith, food for the soul and a pure and lasting fount of spiritual life” “He invokes upon you joy and peace in our Lord Jesus Christ.” March 26, 2002, Vatican

The following are links to videos and newspaper articles on my work.

CBS Video

Illustrating the Bible - United Methodist News Service

Producing Bible by hand is labor of love for Dallas man – United Methodist News Service

On and Overgrown Path