Isaac, Esau and Jacob, Pt. 2

(Contined from Part 1)

Frank Bolle covered the story of Isaac and his 2 sons twice-- in 1986, and again in 1996.  Because the text was identical in both versions (and much of the art was so similar), I'm going to alternate between versions to make it easier to compare them.

VERSION 5
April 1986  /  art by FRANK BOLLE

April 1996  /  art by FRANK BOLLE

May 1986  /  art by FRANK BOLLE

May 1996  /  art by FRANK BOLLE

June 1986  /  art by FRANK BOLLE

June 1996  /  art by FRANK BOLLE

July 1986  /  art by FRANK BOLLE

July 1996  /  art by FRANK BOLLE

August 1986  /  art by FRANK BOLLE

August 1996  /  art by FRANK BOLLE

September 1986  /  art by FRANK BOLLE

September 1996  /  art by FRANK BOLLE

VERSION 7
September 2002  /  art by ANTHONY CASTRILLO

October 2002  /  art by ANTHONY CASTRILLO

November 2002  /  art by ANTHONY CASTRILLO

January 2003  /  art by ANTHONY CASTRILLO

(Continued in Joseph)

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For More:
Read the Wikipedia page on Book Of Genesis
Read the Wikipedia page on Isaac
Read the Wikipedia page on Esau
Read the Wikipedia page on Jacob 

Isaac, Esau and Jacob

(Continued from Abraham)

Although the BOYS' LIFE series STORIES FROM THE BIBLE started in September 1952, it took until September 1957 before it finally covered the story of Isaac and his 2 sons, Esau and Jacob (a full 5 years in).  Had Dino DeLaurentis been able to continue his BIBLE film series as he originally intended, this story no doubt would have opened the 2nd film.

I note that it took until the 4th version (in 1976) before they covered the resolution of the story, the reconcilliation of the 2 brothers.

VERSION 1
September 1957  /  art by IRVING NOVICK

October 1957  /  art by IRVING NOVICK

VERSION 2
February 1964  /  art by IRVING NOVICK

March 1964  /  art by IRVING NOVICK

April 1964  /  art by IRVING NOVICK

VERSION 3
May 1967  /  art by LOU FINE

June 1967  /  art by LOU FINE

July 1967  /  art by LOU FINE

VERSION 4
January 1976  /  art by (??)

February 1976  /  art by (??)
March 1976  /  art by (??)
April 1976  /  art by (??)

May 1976  /  art by (??)

June 1976  /  art by (??)

(Continued in Part 2)

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For More:
Read the Wikipedia page on Book Of Genesis
Read the Wikipedia page on Isaac
Read the Wikipedia page on Esau
Read the Wikipedia page on Jacob  

Abraham, Pt. 3

(Continued from Part 2)

10 years after Frank Bolle illustrated the story of "Abraham", he did it AGAIN.  In fact, Bolle's entire 2nd HALF of his long run on BIBLE STORIES was spent illustrating the SAME stories a 2nd time (for him).  The really strange thing about this was, whoever was in charge of the project made the decision to RE-USE the writing VERBATIM.

I reccomend (for those computer-savvy enough to do this) to open "Abraham, Pt. 2" and "Abraham, Pt. 3" in 2 separate browser windows, you you can bring up the NEARLY-identical episodes and flip between them to easily compare.

VERSION 7
July 1995  /  art by FRANK BOLLE

September 1995  /  art by FRANK BOLLE

October 1995  /  art by FRANK BOLLE

November 1995  /  art by FRANK BOLLE

December 1995  /  art by FRANK BOLLE

January 1996  /  art by FRANK BOLLE

February 1996  /  art by FRANK BOLLE

March 1996  /  art by FRANK BOLLE

VERSION 8
June 2006  /  art by ANTHONY CASTRILLO

July 2006  /  art by ANTHONY CASTRILLO

August 2006  /  art by ANTHONY CASTRILLO

October 2006  /  art by ANTHONY CASTRILLO

November 2006  /  art by ANTHONY CASTRILLO

(Continued in Isaac, Esau and Jacob)

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For More:
Read the Wikipedia page on Book Of Genesis
Read the Wikipedia page on Abraham
Read the Wikipedia page on Sodom and Gomorrah

Abraham, Pt. 2

(Continued from Part 1)

The 5th time around for the story of "Abraham" (though only the 4th for "Sodom And Gomorrah") proved to be the most detailed version yet.  Not only did it contain the journey to Canaan, the birth of Isaac, "Sodom and Gomorrah", and Abraham's faith being test (long one of my LEAST-favorite stories in the entire BIBLE), but for the first time in BOYS' LIFE, it told the story of how Abraham found a wife for Isaac.  It then continues straight on into the story of "Isaac, Esau & Jacob", but that will be covered in the NEXT section of this blog.

VERSION 5
July 1975  /  art by (??)

August 1975  /  art by (??)

September 1975  /  art by (??)

October 1975  /  art by (??)

November 1975  /  art by (??)

December 1975  /  art by (??)

VERSION 6
August 1985  /  art by FRANK BOLLE

September 1985  /  art by FRANK BOLLE

October 1985  /  art by FRANK BOLLE

November 1985  /  art by FRANK BOLLE

December 1985  /  art by FRANK BOLLE

January 1986  /  art by FRANK BOLLE

February 1986  /  art by FRANK BOLLE

March 1986  /  art by FRANK BOLLE

(Continued in Part 3)

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Restorations by Henry Kujawa

Read the entire STORIES FROM THE BIBLE series from the beginning!

For More:
Read the Wikipedia page on Book Of Genesis
Read the Wikipedia page on Abraham
Read the Wikipedia page on Sodom and Gomorrah