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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/12/14/10/06/jR8WV.St.138.jpeg|405Steve Adams, associate pastor at Hickory Grove Baptist Church, takes a seat in the John Knox's Geneva Chapel to listen to an animatronic John Knox speak. Passages is a display of the Bible's journey through history. According to pamphlets the Bible is "the most banned, most burned and most debated book of all time." Visitors toured the maze-like exhibit on Thursday November 29, 2012. John D. Simmons - jsimmons@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/12/14/10/06/kM9PA.St.138.jpeg|405Justin Paslay, Hickory Grove Baptist North Campus pastor, examines new testament English translations contributed to by Catholic scholar Erasmus, Queen Catherine Parr and Queen mary Tudor. Passages is a display of the Bible's journey through history. According to pamphlets the Bible is "the most banned, most burned and most debated book of all time." Visitors toured the maze-like exhibit on Thursday November 29, 2012. John D. Simmons - jsimmons@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/12/14/10/06/1ircnX.St.138.jpeg|421Justin Paslay, Hickory Grove Baptist North Campus pastor, examines new testament English translations contributed to by Catholic scholar Erasmus, Queen Catherine Parr and Queen mary Tudor. Passages is a display of the Bible's journey through history. According to pamphlets the Bible is "the most banned, most burned and most debated book of all time." Visitors toured the maze-like exhibit on Thursday November 29, 2012. John D. Simmons - jsimmons@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/12/14/10/05/SkHzi.St.138.jpeg|413Donna Wise and Donnie Robbins stope to listen to an animatronic display of Anne Boleyn before she was executed. Passages is a display of the Bible's journey through history. According to pamphlets the Bible is "the most banned, most burned and most debated book of all time." Visitors toured the maze-like exhibit on Thursday November 29, 2012. John D. Simmons - jsimmons@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/12/14/10/05/rWzoF.St.138.jpeg|378Visitors stop to read displays about protest, reform and excommunication. Passages is a display of the Bible's journey through history. According to pamphlets the Bible is "the most banned, most burned and most debated book of all time." Visitors toured the maze-like exhibit on Thursday November 29, 2012. John D. Simmons - jsimmons@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/12/14/10/05/1n95xz.St.138.jpeg|399Kevin White, the student pastor at East Taylorsville Baptist Church, listens to a fictional historic conversation between about translating the bible into English. Passages is a display of the Bible's journey through history. According to pamphlets the Bible is "the most banned, most burned and most debated book of all time." Visitors toured the maze-like exhibit on Thursday November 29, 2012. John D. Simmons - jsimmons@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/12/14/10/05/1ki0WT.St.138.jpeg|380Ken Nelson portrays Gutenberg's journeyman printer actually making page prints of the Biblical verse 1 Samuel 25 on a life sized historically accurate press. Passages is a display of the Bible's journey through history. According to pamphlets the Bible is "the most banned, most burned and most debated book of all time." Visitors toured the maze-like exhibit on Thursday November 29, 2012. John D. Simmons - jsimmons@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/12/14/10/05/11tQTZ.St.138.jpeg|445The Pesher Isaiah Facsimile, a commentary on Isaiah from the Dead Sea Scrolls is on display in the Passages show. Passages is a display of the Bible's journey through history. According to pamphlets the Bible is "the most banned, most burned and most debated book of all time." Visitors toured the maze-like exhibit on Thursday November 29, 2012. John D. Simmons - jsimmons@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/12/14/10/05/hfWtK.St.138.jpeg|525Bibles with highly decorative covers like the Die Bibel, The Bible in German, made out of amber from a cross destroyed in a church fire. Passages is a display of the Bible's journey through history. According to pamphlets the Bible is "the most banned, most burned and most debated book of all time." Visitors toured the maze-like exhibit on Thursday November 29, 2012. John D. Simmons - jsimmons@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/12/14/10/05/1hngkG.St.138.jpeg|402The Book of Common Prayer, bound with the Whole Book of Psalms collected into English Metre, with Fore-Edge painting, from 1791is one of a number of highly decorative Bibles. Passages is a display of the Bible's journey through history. According to pamphlets the Bible is "the most banned, most burned and most debated book of all time." Visitors toured the maze-like exhibit on Thursday November 29, 2012. John D. Simmons - jsimmons@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/12/14/10/00/v54Ya.St.138.jpeg|344A first edition pre-Braille Bible printed by the American Bible Society is one of about 300 artifacts on display. Passages is a display of the Bible's journey through history. According to pamphlets the Bible is "the most banned, most burned and most debated book of all time." Visitors toured the maze-like exhibit on Thursday November 29, 2012. John D. Simmons - jsimmons@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/12/14/10/00/kgFum.St.138.jpeg|525Papyrus 39 is an ancient fragment of the Gospel of John written in Greek sometime in the Third century. Passages is a display of the Bible's journey through history. According to pamphlets the Bible is "the most banned, most burned and most debated book of all time." Visitors toured the maze-like exhibit on Thursday November 29, 2012. John D. Simmons - jsimmons@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/12/14/10/00/l0nvX.St.138.jpeg|413A Holocaust-surviving Samuel scroll from the mid 17th century or early 18th century is on display. Passages is a display of the Bible's journey through history. According to pamphlets the Bible is "the most banned, most burned and most debated book of all time." Visitors toured the maze-like exhibit on Thursday November 29, 2012. John D. Simmons - jsimmons@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/12/14/10/00/UiHva.St.138.jpeg|488A Bible that once belonged to Hall of Fame baseball player Babe Ruth is one of several Bibles owned by celebrities on display. Passages is a display of the Bible's journey through history. According to pamphlets the Bible is "the most banned, most burned and most debated book of all time." Visitors toured the maze-like exhibit on Thursday November 29, 2012. John D. Simmons - jsimmons@charlotteobserver.com
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