The canon rainbow
The Arc
Every chapter of the Bible stands on one line — and every arc above it is one chapter answering another.
The Point
The Bible is one book — 66 documents, one web. Color is distance: near echoes glow warm; canon-spanning ones run violet.
- Law
- History
- Wisdom
- Major Prophets
- Minor Prophets
- Gospels
- Acts
- Pauline Epistles
- General Epistles
- Apocalyptic
- Law187
- History249
- Wisdom243
- Major Prophets183
- Minor Prophets67
- Gospels89
- Acts28
- Pauline Epistles87
- General Epistles34
- Apocalyptic22
- 1,189Chapterson one baseline
- 66BooksGenesis to Revelation
- 615Arcs drawnthe heaviest chapter pairs
- 12,145References carriedby the arcs shown
Drawn live from MannaFest's cross-reference floor: 344,798 references (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, public domain; OpenBible.info cross-references, CC-BY), aggregated to chapter level. After the visualization by Chris Harrison & Christoph Römhild (2007) — rebuilt from our own data. Hover the figure to name a chapter; click to read it.
The baseline, unrolled
Sixty-six books, ten bands
- Law5 books · 187 chapters
- History12 books · 249 chapters
JoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEsther
- Wisdom5 books · 243 chapters
- Major Prophets5 books · 183 chapters
- Minor Prophets12 books · 67 chapters
HoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachi
- Gospels4 books · 89 chapters
- Acts1 book · 28 chapters
- Pauline Epistles13 books · 87 chapters
Romans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemon
- General Epistles8 books · 34 chapters
- Apocalyptic1 book · 22 chapters
Walk what you see