1,001 Things You Always Wanted To Know About The Bible, But Never Thought To Ask

by J. Stephen Lang

Best-selling author J. Stephen Lang offers a plethora of unique Bible facts, figures, and curiosities in 1,001 Things You Always Wanted To Know About the Bible But Never Thought to Ask. Did you know that the Bible has impacted modern language, United States history, art, literature, and even movies? Every key person, place, idea, or event from the Bible is mentioned in this thorough handbook of fascinating Bible trivia. Whether you are a seasoned Bible scholar or a hesitant reader, this book will capture your interest and leave you yearning for more of the world's most fascinating book, the Bible.

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

499 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!