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University of Toronto exhibition to celebrate the Bible

February 2, 2011

TORONTO, ON – To help mark the 400th anniver­sary of the first print­ing of the King James Ver­sion of the Bible, the Thomas Fish­er Rare Book Library at the Uni­ver­si­ty of Toron­to is launch­ing a new exhib­it enti­tled, Great and Man­i­fold: A Cel­e­bra­tion of the Bible in Eng­lish. The exhi­bi­tion, on dis­play from Feb. 8 to May 11 2011, com­mem­o­rates the influ­ence of the King James Bible and cel­e­brates the Bible in its many and var­ied forms.

The exhi­bi­tion is free and open to the pub­lic.

EVENT DETAILS

WHAT: Great and Man­i­fold: A Cel­e­bra­tion of the Bible in Eng­lish

When: Feb. 8 to May 30 2011, Mon­day to Wednes­day and Fri­day, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Thurs­day 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Where: Thomas Fish­er Rare Book Library, 120 St. George Street, Uni­ver­si­ty of Toron­to

For more infor­ma­tion, please con­tact:

Pearce Care­foote
Uni­ver­si­ty of Toron­to
Thomas Fish­er Rare Book Library
416 946‑3173 or
416 978‑5285
pearce.carefoote@utoronto.ca