Fascinating and Novel Bible Knowledge
Being the most famous book ever written, there exists a lot of lesser-known facts about the Bible. However, just because these facts are not common knowledge, it doesn’t mean they are not noteworthy.
Uncommon Facts About & Within The Bible
~There are 40 original authors of the Bible.
~The Old Testament wasn’t broken up into chapters and verses until the 900s and the New Testament didn’t contain chapters and verses until 1551.
~Psalm 118:8 is the verse in the exact middle of the Bible.
~The Bible is the most stolen book in the world.
~The Gutenberg Bible was the first printed book.
~Just in the United States alone, around 25 million copies of the Bible are sold each year, with nearly 55,000 sold daily.
~Esther 8:9 is the longest verse in the Bible.
~The last word in the Bible is “amen” which means “so be it."
~Noah’s ark had more than two of each animal. Only the animals that are considered unclean in the Old Testament had a single pair. (Think of how much more bacon there could have been!)
~There are 21 recorded dreams in the Bible.
~Mahershalalhashbaz is the longest word in the Bible. It means “swift is the spoils, speedy is the plunder,” and is also the name of Isaiah’s second son.
~Solomon had the most wives in the Bible- a total of 700 and another 300 concubines.
~Swearing on the Bible in court is technically against the Bible.
~The book of Esther is the only book that never mentions God by name.
~The Bible was written on the African, Asian, and European continents.
~The word Bible is derived from the Greek word “biblos” meaning ‘scrolls’.
~Some of our most commonly used phrases are derived from the Bible.
Remarkable and Rare Bibles
~There is a nano-printed version of the Old Testament. All 1.2 million letters are printed onto a 5 by 5-millimeter aluminum disk that requires an electron microscope to read.
~The Bay Psalm Book is a version of the Book of Psalms that was translated by Puritan ministers in 1640. It is the first book to be published in what is now the United States.
This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1928.
~A misprint of the Bible in 1611 uses the word “she” instead of “he” in Ruth 3:15. Thus earning the name the “She Bible.”
~The Waynai Bible is the biggest Bible in the world. It comes in weighing over 1000 pounds, is 43.5 inches tall, and when opened wide it is a whopping 98 inches! When Waynai Bible is closed shut, the spine is 34 inches thick. Minister Louis Waynai took two years to print the text on each page with his custom-made rubber stamp press.
~The author of the Brick Bible created some of the most famous Bible scenes out of Lego bricks. Photos of the scenes were coupled with Bible passages to make this fun and kid-friendly (yet, somewhat controversial) version of the Bible.
~In 1631, a critical error was made in one of the earlier English translations of the Bible. This Bible is now known as the Sinner’s/Wicked Bible because the publisher accidentally omitted the word “not” from the 7th commandment, thus stating: Thou shalt commit adultery. Around 1000 copies of this Bible were printed, and only 9 of them exist today.
This work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 100 years or fewer. This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1928.
~In 1998, calligrapher Donald Jackson took on the project of creating the St. John’s Bible. The St. John’s Bible took 13 years and 8 million dollars to complete. It measures 24 inches tall and 36 inches wide when opened. The Bible and its 1150 pages weigh in at 165 pounds. A team of scribes used 130-year-old Chinese ink to elegantly handwrite and illustrate each word with the quills of goose, swan, and turkey feather pens.
To Conclude
Although a unique way to get in some “Bible Study,” we hope you discovered something new and fun to share with others, as well as expand your Bible knowledge.
-Torrance Church of Christ