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Special Bible comes together a book at a time; The Arion Press lectern-scale Bible, which costs $7,250 to $11,000 per copy, is "a labor of love," one owner said.(NEWS)
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Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
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June 6, 2003| Author:
Her, Lucy Y.
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Byline: Lucy Y. Her; Staff Writer
In the back of his mind, Andrew Hoyem knew he always wanted to publish a handcrafted Bible.
"It's the Mount Everest for printing," said the California publisher. "It's certainly complex because it's a very big book."
He also wanted to produce the first oversized Bible that's translated in the popular New Revised Standard version, he said. "There was [a] call, or need, for a lectern-scale Bible of that translati...