MISCELLANEOUS FACTS ABOUT THE BIBLE
• The Bible is the best-selling book of all time.
• The Bible is the most shoplifted book
• Abundant evidence for the global flood described in Genesis 7–8 is found around the world in the many layers of fossil-bearing sediments that stretch across continents.
• Solomon had 700 wives, 300 concubines, and 12,000 horses. Does anyone really need that many horses?
• The Bible consists of 66 books written over 1,500 years, or thereabouts, in three different languages—Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek—on three continents—Asia, Africa, and Europe.
• The King James Bible mentions unicorns nine times.
• The Bible has over 40 authors, including kings, peasants, fishers, poets, politicians, scholars, a shepherd, a military general, a cupbearer, a doctor, a tax collector, and a rabbi.
• We have many Bible translations to choose from. Why do they differ? The primary reason is they were produced at different times, decades apart, sometimes centuries. Languages constantly evolve. Words fall into disuse, new ones are invented, and the meanings of others morph. Translators consider these changes when producing a new Bible version for their generation. For example, the King James Bible was originally produced in the 1600’s. That is why its readability differs so much from newer translations.
• The thirty pieces of silver that Judas got for betraying Jesus is worth about $6,000 today.
• Which is older, the Koran or the Bible? The earliest books of the Bible were written more than 1,000 years before the Koran, and the New Testament was completed at least five centuries earlier. The oldest books of the Bible were written between 1,000 and 500 B.C. Most of the books of the Bible were written well after the events they depict. The first books of the Bible to be written were probably Psalms and the Song of Solomon. Most of the New Testament was written between 50 and 100 A.D., decades after the life of Christ. The Koran was written over a 22-year period beginning in 609 A.D.
• There are 1,189 chapters in the Bible. The Old Testament contains 929 chapters while the New Testament includes 260 chapters.
• In the Bible, the number 10 is used on many occasions to signify testimony, law and responsibility. The number 10 is seen as a complete and perfect number, and it is used 242 times throughout the Bible. One of the more common uses is the 10 commandments given to man. Additionally, the number 10 is also used for a tithe, which is 10 percent of a person’s earnings. When God wanted to show Egypt his judgement of its empire and hold over the Jews, he decided to send 10 plagues.
• The number seven is represented in the bible as meaning the completion and perfection of things that are both physical and spiritual. The reason for this meaning comes from the time it took God to create all things. The number seven is represented 735 times in the Bible. There are seven Holy Days that are celebrated; seven men of God in the Old Testament; and Jesus performed seven miracles on the Holy Sabbath. The bible was also originally divided into seven parts, including the Law, the Prophets, the Writings, the Gospels and Acts, the General Epistles, the Epistles of Paul, and the book of Revelations.
