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- The Christian and Jewish bibles may be two of the world's most popular books, but what if they were told through emoticons?
- That's exactly what two men did with the Bitmoji Bible — a handful of stories from both the Jewish and Christian bibles have been recreated with Snapchat's popular Bitmoji emoticons.
- As you might expect, these are extremely truncated versions of the classic parables.
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For thousands of years, humans all over the world have pored over the Christian and Jewish bibles.
The books have been translated repeatedly throughout the millennia, often a measure of accommodating the prevailing language of whatever culture was most dominant at the time — from Aramaic to Latin to Greek, and to hundreds of other languages.
For the first time ever, some of the most well-known stories from both books are being converted to a language even Millennials will understand: Bitmoji.
The Bitmoji Bible is the creation of Daniel Eckler and Phil Lebovits. Why create it? As "a quick way to learn Bible stories without having to read words."Daniel Eckler/Phil Lebovitz/SnapchatBitmoji Bible isn't exhaustive — it's only the most well-known highlights from both the Jewish and Christian bibles.Daniel Eckler/Phil Lebovits/Snapchat
Some of the stories are just a single Bitmoji:Daniel Eckler/Phil Lebovits/Snapchat
It's worth checking out the full Bitmoji Bible, whether you're devout or just someone looking for a chuckle (or both!)Daniel Eckler/Phil Lebovits/Snapchat
Check out the Bitmoji Bible right here.
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