Is a manga Japanese-style graphic novel version of the Bible that portrays Jesus as a revolutionary samurai stranger and cuts the Sermon of the Mount because it doesn’t deliver enough action a good or bad thing?

Will it win the hearts and minds of a new generation, or does it stray too far away from the message of love and forgiveness contained in the Bible?

To be fair, one version of the Manga Bible does contain the text of the Bible in addition to the graphic comic book parts, according to its website.

Containing both the full TNIV text of the Bible plus the entire Manga adaptation, this is the most Extreme version of the Bible yet!

Writes Neela Banerjee in the New York Times of the Manga Bible:

“We present things in a very brazen way,” said Mr. (Ajinbayo) Akinsiku, who hopes to become an Anglican priest and who is the author of “The Manga Bible: From Genesis to Revelation.” “Christ is a hard guy, seeking revolution and revolt, a tough guy.” …

The medium shapes the message. Manga often focuses on action and epic. Much of the Bible, as a result, ends up on the cutting room floor, and what remains is darker. …

Abraham rides a horse out of an explosion to save Lot. Og, king of Bashan, looms like an early Darth Vader. The Sermon on the Mount did not make the book, though, because there was not enough action to it.

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