The Eliot Indian Bible Project
This project is the work of the students in History 370 (Colonial American History) in Spring 2023. Supported by librarians, digital humanities experts, and each other, the students embarked on collaborative research on a single object, a Bible published in colonial Massachusetts in 1663. This amazing object resides today in the collections of the Rare Book and Manuscript Library at UIUC. Over the course of a semester-long “object research lab” on the Bible, the students explored different themes and contexts that help appreciate its significance. They looked at the Bible, and they looked through the Bible. They showed remarkable creativity and insight, and here below is an exhibit that represents the result of their labor.