The Bible Tankobon Hardcover – November 25, 1980

Illustrations that deepen understanding for the first time in Japan 530 illustrations of the Old and New Testaments with
maps, 142 historical maps

I am full of admiration for Father Barbaro, who worked on this effort with the wisdom of love and, so to speak, the culmination of his activities in the Bible. A human and interesting Bible, like the personality of the Vatican ambassador Mario Pio Gaspari Barbaro.Akira
Kurosawa
, based on the traditional interpretation that the church has cherished, this plain and elegant Bible can be enjoyed at home. In the study, in the living room, in the hope that the Bible will be loved from the bottom of our hearts – Mr. Minoru Hamao
Barbaro’s Bible has sophisticated words that are easy to read, and the explanations are sufficiently thorough. Sumie Tanaka

(Translator’s Preface)
When you open the Bible, I want you to start reading not from the “Book of Genesis,” but from the words of Christ, “Those who believe in me shall die and yet live.” .
The work of translation is very difficult. When it comes to the “mysteries of God, the universe, the existence of man, the mysteries of pain and death,” it is not only the substitution of one word for another, but also a certain silence, a certain human cry, a prayer, even a sob. must be changed to another word. ……