A Rare Find, Keepers of a Rare Book

Recently while visiting my parents in Surprise Arizona, I came upon a real surprise, Just down the road about  15 minutes from there home. In Goodyear Arizona, in what looks from the outside to be nothing more than a Hampton Inn & Suites you find a little gem of a museum,  The Bible Museum.  When you walk through the lobby of this hotel, you begin to wonder what it is that you will see, just across from the vending machines.  What you do find will surprise you. The Bible Museum is a unique museum where you can actually hold, turn pages and read some of the rarest printed Bibles and rare theological books on the planet.

I had a chance to page through a first edition of Luther’s Catechism, a 1557 Edition of the Geneva New Testament and many other rare editions, including a first edition of The Pilgrims Progress by John Bunyan published in 1687.  The museum is dedicated to share the great copies of Scripture from the past as the story is told of how God has preserved and shared his word through the centuries.  Everyone should spend a few hours here, and listen to the History of the Bible to grow in appreciation of the men who during the dark ages of superstition and ignorance, obeyed God and brought Scriptures to the world.

My only regret on the day is that, to be perfectly honest I did not expect to find much more than a few rare copies of Scripture under glass, so I did not allow myself much time. I will need much more time next time I venture down that way.  Check out their website at www.thebiblemuseum.com .