Bible Museum, Budapest is one of the most well known and most frequently visited Tourist Attractions in Budapest. The official name of the museum is The World of the Bible Museum and it gives an insight into the background of the origin of the Book. The museum was built in 1988 as part of the Ráday collection of the Danube-side Calvinist Division. Bible Museum, Budapest is the best place to learn about the events and history of the Biblical people and the formation of the Book.
Bible Museum, Budapest can be divided into 4 different sections -- Archeology and the Bible, History of the text and writing of the Bible, History of the Hungarian Bible and Bibles translated into other languages of the world. The section on Archeology and the Bible illustrates the stories in the Bible. Joseph's stories, the Exodus and the time of the wandering in the wilderness are represented beautifully through the Egyptian materials. The reliefs from the time of the Assyrian Empire will tell you about the times when Israel was struggling for survival. You will find here items displayed from the time of the Babylonian Empire, which tell us about the Babylonian bondage and deliverance. The exhibition will introduce you to the world of the Greek culture and the story of Alexander the Great.
You will know about the birth of Christ and the fast spreading of Christianity from the era of the Roman Empire. You will find here items on display containing materials about the early Christian history of Pannonia. Know about the importance of the discoveries made in Qumran from the display about the textual and writing development of the Bible. You will also learn here that the history of the Hungarian Bible is inseparably related to the history of the Hungarian mother tongue. You will find at Bible Museum, Budapest, the first translations of parts of the Book which dates back to the beginning of the 15th century in the Bécsi-, Münvheni and Apor codexes.
You can also see Bibles in the translation of Benedek Komjáthy, Gábor Pesty Mizsér, János Sylvester, Gáspár Heltai, and other Bibles translated and published in later times. Bible Museum, Budapest contains several beautiful and valued Bible copies and one of the most precious one is the one that belonged to the emperor I. György Rákóczi.
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