The Visual Commentary on Scripture: Caravaggio's Supper at Emmaus

This film from the Visual Commentary on Scripture (theVCS.org) explores how the three academic disciplines of theology, art history, and biblical scholarship combine and interact in the Visual Commentary on Scripture. It focuses on Caravaggio’s Supper at Emmaus in the National Gallery, London.

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The Visual Commentary on Scripture (theVCS.org) is a freely accessible online publication that provides theological commentary on the Bible in dialogue with works of art. It helps its users to (re)discover the Bible in new ways through the illuminating interaction of artworks, scriptural texts, and commissioned commentaries.