Biblical Manuscripts Feature

Bible Study Magazine: September/October 2018

This issue of Bible Study Magazine walked though the tough topic of textual criticism. The writers and designers worked hard to make the often confusing topic accessible and understandable for the lay person.

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One of the articles in the interior describes the process that papyrus was made into a writing surface. Individual reeds were laid in a grid, then mashed and pulverized together to meld them into one. I was inspired by the process and wanted to bring that theme into the design. The cover features multiple manuscripts interwoven, sometimes gltichy, and stapled together with brackets (the typical symbol to denote a discrepancy between different manuscripts).