1,001 Things You Always Wanted to Know About the Bible, But Never Thought to Ask

by J. Stephen Lang

With 1,001 Things You Always Wanted to Know About the Bible but Never Thought to Ask discover how the Bible has impacted language, U.S. history, worship, music, art, literature, movies, and theater; how the Bible was passed down to us; plus every key person, place, event, and idea in the Bible. Best-selling Bible trivia author J. Stephen Lang's intriguing tidbits will leave you yearning to know more about the world's most fascinating book. Whether you are a seasoned Bible student or just getting started, you will enjoy readying 1,001 Things You Always Wanted to Know About the Bible but Never Thought to Ask .

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

504 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.

[J · Rating 1 out of 5]

1,001 Things You Always Wanted to Know About the Bible is suppose to be a reference book that explores more indepth some of the possibly "lesser known" aspects of the Bible. But if that is the case why are there chapters that explores American figures like the deists and other mostly non-biblical figures who may have had a few religious contributions?

From there the information is broken down into chapters of like-minded subjects that explores themes like contributions to popular culture, American history and those themes actually pertaining to the Bible. From there each fact is given a number, a title and a small blurb, usually, although there are some with a bit longer presentation. And to make it furthermore a more simple reference there is also an index found in the back of the book.

Now as for the information found in the book most of it is rather common knowledge, especially if you actually study your Bible. Take for example the author provides to readers what a wolf in sheep's clothing is when the definition itself is found in the Bible.

At the same time the reader will find the book is rife with misspellings, repetitive words, missing words and other mistakes that actually makes one wonder if the editor checked out. There are biblical errors such as he keeps insisting Elijah was taken up in a burning chariots.

The voice and snootiness about some of the entries from the author really makes me wonder if he was Christian or attempting this from a non-Christian stand.

Anyway now that the internet is widely available and more actual true data is taken from the Bible, I don't really see how this book can stay relevant much longer as a reference guide.

[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!