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James


Epistola Sancti Iacobi, from the Biblia ectypa (Pictorial Bible), by Christoph Weigel the Elder
The Martyrdom of James, by an unknown artist
'S. J. T. as "Mr. Facing-Both Ways"', in Harper’s Weekly, by A.B. Frost

James 1:1–11 That You May Be Mature and Complete

Reflections by David Wood
The Coronation of the Virgin by Fra Angelico
Narcissus by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio

James 1:12–27 The Movement of the Spheres

Salin, (transmit, translate, sift, or relay) by Emmanuel Garibay
Scold's bridle by Unknown artist
Gates of Prayer, Series II, Grid 1 by Warren Breninger

James 3:1–12 Testing the Tongue

Maid in London (Sweeping It Under the Carpet) by Banksy
For the Love of God by Damien Hirst
Jean de Dinteville and Georges de Selve ('The Ambassadors') by Hans Holbein

James 4:13–5:6 Rotten Riches

Sacrament of Extreme Unction by Maso di Banco
From the series 'A Broken Landscape' by Gideon Mendel
The Burial of Saint Lucy by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio

James 5:7–20 Be Patient


Show all exhibitions from the Bible book Hebrews
Show all exhibitions from the Bible book 1 Peter

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General Resurrection from the Bamberg-Eichstätt Psalter by unknown German artist
Sarcophagus of Theodore by Unknown Italian artist
The Resurrection, Cookham by Stanley Spencer

1 Corinthians 15:35–58 Bodily Resurrection

Yellow Crucifixion by Marc Chagall
Christ appearing to Saint Peter on the Appian Way (Domine, Quo Vadis?) by Annibale Carracci
The Last Judgement by The Last Judgement

1 Peter 4:12–19 Finding Meaning in Suffering

The War in Heaven (pane 7g), part of The Great East Window of York Minster
Saint Michael and the Devil by Unknown Spanish Artist
The Fall of the Rebel Angels by Pieter Bruegel the Elder

Revelation 12:7–12 War in Heaven

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