Historically inclined visitors to the Library of Congress can expect cultural treats, high and low. When I visited years ago, our guide pointed to a glass display case. “The book ...

A Gutenberg Bible is not your ordinary book. The first major work printed in Europe with moveable metal type by the mid-1450s gradually led to a massive multiplication of biblical ...

FILE - A detail of the Old Testament from the Gutenberg Bible on display at the personal library of Pierpont Morgan, the Morgan Library and Museum, in New York, May 19, 2008.

In the 1450s, Johannes Gutenberg printed the first Bible using moveable type, revolutionizing the distribution of Scripture and influencing religious and book history.

FILE - Members of the New York Public Library Board of Trustees pose for a photo with the first Gutenberg Bible to reach the U.S. 100 years prior, before it is placed on display in the lobby of ...

NEW YORK (AP) — It’s not just a book. Back in the 1450s, when the Bible became the first major work printed in Europe with moveable metal type, Johannes Gutenberg was a man with a plan.

A detail of the Old Testament from the Gutenberg Bible on display at the personal library of Pierpont Morgan, the Morgan Library and Museum, in New York, May 19, 2008.

FILE - Members of the New York Public Library Board of Trustees pose for a photo with the first Gutenberg Bible to reach the U.S. 100 years prior, before it is placed on display in the lobby of ...