The Visual Commentary on Scripture
@TheVCS
The VCS is a free, online resource that provides material for teaching, preaching, researching, and reflecting on the Bible, Art, and Theology.
Anna Gannon writes about her namesake '... mediating past and present, and boldly and unequivocally recognizing and indicating Jesus as the transformative Redeemer.' Our Exhibition of the Week is called The Prophet Anna. It features paintings by #Rembrandt, Ambrogio…
In Ambrogio Lorenzetti's panel for Siena Cathedral, our protagonist #Anna stands tall, holding a scroll inscribed with her own prophecy recorded in #Luke 2:38, pointing to Jesus. Read about it in our exhibition of the week, The Prophet Anna: thevcs.org/prophet-anna#s…
In #Joshua 3–4, at the edges of the river Jordan, the Israelites stand on the verge of entering into a new moment in their history. Our Exhibition of the Week is called Crossing the Jordan and features ancient standing stones, as well as paintings by @iamfujimura and Howard…
"And those twelve stones, which they took out of the Jordan, Joshua set up in Gilgal." (#Joshua 3–4:20) This week's exhibition is called Crossing the Jordan, and we first look at an extraordinary set of stones that were erected around 2900 BCE on the Outer Hebrides of Scotland.