Daumen-Bibel

Eine Untersuchung zu Geschichte und Profil einer literarischen Gattung

By (author) Gottfried Adam

Book cover: Daumen-Bibel

Extent: 418 pages

Publisher: V&R unipress

Subjects: Biblical Studies, Literary Studies

Series: Arbeiten zur Religionspädagogik (ARP)

Language: German

Hardback (Published)

(May 2021)

ISBN: 9783847112730

6.34 x 9.25 inches

Price: $82.00

In stock

Daumen-Bibeln sind bisher ein unerforschtes Genre von Kinderbibeln. Der Band widmet sich ihrer Erforschung in theologischer, literaturwissenschaftlicher, padagogischer und frommigkeitsgeschichtlicher Hinsicht.


A thumb bible is a literary genre of its own. It belongs to the category of miniature books and is a subtype of the literary genre of children’s bibles. It is an attempt to summarize the whole bible by paraphrasing selected biblical narratives. The abridgements of the biblical texts follow the scripture principle of the Reformation “scripture alone”. The thumb bibles are designed for children and youth. Their intention is to communicate biblical basics in an elementary way. The majority has pictures to illustrate the biblical content. Collectors of miniature books enjoyed the thumb bibles for a long time, while scientific research has ignored the little volumes up to this day. This volume is the first scientific study of the thumb bibles. It contains their history from the beginning to the present and presents the theological, literary, pedagogical and pious profile of this literary genre.

Dr. Gottfried Adam ist emeritierter Professor für Religionspädagogik an der Evangelisch-Theologischen Fakultät der Universität Wien. Bibelillustrationen und Kinderbibeln gehören zu seinen Forschungsschwerpunkten.

  • By (author) Gottfried Adam