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Cover of The Gathered Bible Story, edited by Thomas Ellery, showing Thomas Cole's painting The Garden of Eden

The Gathered Bible Story

From Genesis to Revelation.

Edited by Thomas Ellery.

$29.99

You’ve heard these stories all your life. Now read them as one.

Adam and Eve in the garden. Noah and the ark. Abraham on the mountain. Moses at the sea. David and the giant. Daniel among the lions. A child in Bethlehem, a cross outside Jerusalem, and an empty tomb.

Most of us met these stories one at a time: in Sunday school, in sermons, in bits and pieces over many years. Few of us were ever shown how they fit together.

The Gathered Bible Story tells the whole Bible as one story, from the first garden to the City of God. Each story leads into the next, in plain words, so you can follow God’s promise from beginning to end. Every story points you to the exact passages behind it, so you can read them in your own Bible.

Read it for yourself. Then read it aloud to the ones who will carry the story on.

What’s inside

  • 168 stories, from Genesis to Revelation
  • Adapted from Jesse Lyman Hurlbut’s Story of the Bible (1904)
  • Annotated with references to the exact Bible passages behind each story
  • A glossary of figures, “Who’s Who in the Bible Stories,” with a short biography of each person named and the stories they appear in
About this book

This is a Gathered Faith edition, significantly revised rather than a straightforward reprint. The narrative has been checked against the biblical sources, direct Scripture quotations follow the Berean Standard Bible (BSB), and verse references point to the passages behind each story.

The starting source is Jesse Lyman Hurlbut’s 1904 Story of the Bible.

Editions & formats

Digital edition — PDF + EPUB

Includes a large-print PDF with a fixed page layout for reading on a tablet or computer, plus an EPUB for compatible e-readers and reading apps. The large-print description applies specifically to the PDF.

After purchase, both files are available to download from your account. This edition contains digital files; no printed book is included.

Questions about the book

Does it replace reading the Bible?

The book is intended to accompany your reading of Scripture. Verse references point you back to your own Bible.