Looking for Info on Christian Bible Deck
Thread originally posted on the Aeclectic Tarot Forum on 18 Sep 2002, and now archived in the Forum Library.
| Kiama |
18 Sep 2002 |
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I bought the Christian Bible Tarot deck off ebay the other week, and would love to know more about it. That was teh first time I had ever come across it, so I thought I'd go for it just in case it was rare orinteresting. It was cheap so no matter what I haven't put myself out of pocket too much!
This deck is interesting. On each card, both Major and Minor it has a quote from the Bible to help covey the meaning. The Minors are non-illustrated, and the Courts are like Ellen Cannon-Reed's Witches Tarot: Each King is the same, each Queen the same, etc, except for minor changes to suit the... suit!
The Major's artwork is quite cartoonlike.
Where on earth did this deck come from and what's it's history???
Kiama
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| fairyhedgehog |
18 Sep 2002 |
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I saw that on ebay too, and I mailed the seller for more info but he hadn't got any. I gave it a miss, because I'm currently 'off' the Bible, after being too involved with it for too long in the past :)
I'l be intrigued to read what anyone else has to say about it.
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| zorya |
19 Sep 2002 |
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i have split the soul tidings posts from this thread as they are not a tarot deck. you can now find them in divination.
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| Kiama |
14 Oct 2002 |
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Hope nobody minds me bumping this one up, cuz I really am lost for info on this deck...
Help??!?! Somebody??!!!
Kiama
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| jmd |
14 Oct 2002 |
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I presume that Christian Bible Tarot is the full correct title of the deck as given on the box. Apart from the information you gave above, do you have any more - for example, is the deck coloured? does it have 78 cards? Are the majors and minors clearly consistent with Tarot? Is there a date or initials appearing on the two of Coins or Cups or the Chariot?
As you've probably done yourself, I could not find reference to it in the three-volume Encyclopedia of Tarot. I wonder, however, whether it may have been printed under a slightly different name.
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| Kiama |
16 Oct 2002 |
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The title of the deck is Christian Bible Tarot. It has 78 cards, and is coloured. The Majors are pretty much simplified, and the Hanged Man is called Retribution, and shows a guy being hanged by the neck in an execution. On each card is a Bible quote relating to the meaning of the card.
It is coloured, but I can't remember fpor the life of me if it has illustrated Minors. I don't think its does. The Courts are also the same: All the Kings are the same, only they have different symbols, eg- The Cups, Wands, etc behind them. Same with the Queens, Knights, and Pages.
The backs are red, with a blue crucifix on them.
And I've forgotten who the artist is ... :(
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| Rusty Neon |
06 Mar 2005 |
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Are there any scans of cards from this deck? This deck has been out of all this time and nothing shows up yet on my internet search for scans. On an eBay auction, I've only seen a scan of the front side of the box of the deck [see attachment].
Thanks.
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