1,001 MORE Things You Always Wanted to Know About the Bible

by J. Stephen Lang

The Bible has inflamed the hearts of poets and martyrs, spawned revolutions and reformations, and influenced cultures and personal lives in sometimes small, sometimes dramatic ways. With a teacher's wit and knowledge, bestsellling author J. Stephen Lang again turns to the Bible and navigates more of its immense treasures in his easily accessible and informative style in 1,001 More Things You Always Wanted to Know About the Bible . You will discover answers to the questions and curiosities you have always harbored about the Bible and its influence but perhaps felt you should already know. A joy to browse and reference, this fascinating book is sure to satisfy an inquirer's mind and spark further study of the Bible. Test your knowledge of Bible

Genres: Religion, Nonfiction, Reference, Christianity, Christian, History

496 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1998

About the author

J. Stephen Lang is the author of the bestseller The Complete Book of Bible Trivia and sixteen other books, including 1,001 Things You Always Wanted to Know About the Bible and 1,001 Things You Always Wanted to Know About the Holy Spirit.

Reviews

[Robby · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting read. Good for future reference.

[Janice Gard · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was interesting to read but there are quite a few items that are not about the Bible, such as the beliefs and philosophy of America's founding fathers; the origin of quasi religious groups, movies based on Bible stories etc.

[Colin · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is a good reference tool. However, it may not answer certain questions, though that'll probably help to remain reasonably open-minded. Caution: I noticed a handful of spelling errors in the book.

[Micheel Granados · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fun facts for preaching, teaching, or chatting among Christians.

[Lydia · Rating 3 out of 5]

While the information presented was interesting, and I did learn a thing or two, most of this stuff wasn't actually ABOUT the Bible. Some of it was vaguely Biblically related: "Oh, this kind of famous guy who wasn't a Christian owned a Bible. For reals, yo." Or, "Did you know!! 'Noah's boy' is olde tyme diner lingo for ham!"

I did find the chapters on translating the Bible and on the King James Version quite interesting. I think this book would make some pretty schweet Trivial Pursuit cards. I don't think it should be used as any kind of serious reference, though.

[Christy Stewart · Rating 1 out of 5]

Lang set out to make a comprehensive collection of interesting bible facts that for some reason or another have escaped common knowlege...but instead wrote the first things that came to mind that anyone with even a passing interest in Christianity should know.

[Stefanie · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book was mediocre, but it served its purpose well - a piece of nonfiction broken up into small chunks that I could read in pieces. I'd like to have seen more obscure information in this book. I'm not a particularly avid churchgoer, and I already knew much of its content.

[Nick Lawton · Rating 3 out of 5]

It is very hard to get through but contains a lot of interesting and helpful information about the Bible. If you underline the key points of every thing, then you'll wind up with a healthy Bible reference text by the time you're done.

[Kathleen · Rating 4 out of 5]

I think of this book as more of a reference book than one that you sit and read through.

[Blake · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read this at the recommendation of a friend. I can honestly say that I've never read a book with so many typos! Content was mostly good - can't say that I agreed with it all.

[*book*lover* · Rating 5 out of 5]

I found this very interesting. I thought I knew a lot about the bible, but ended up being surprised by how much I didn't know!