Sailors and the Bible
Life at sea has always been identified by uncertainty, long voyages, and strong natural forces. For many sailors, the Bible became an important possession, not only as a religious scripture

A regular Norwegian bible has about 1400 pages and consists of about 3 million letters.
To read it “quietly” takes about 50 hours, while it takes about 80 hours to read it out loud.
Life at sea has always been identified by uncertainty, long voyages, and strong natural forces. For many sailors, the Bible became an important possession, not only as a religious scripture
When Christianity gained a foothold in Norway and Europe, many pagan beliefs survived, such as superstitions, folk tales and folk medicine. The Catholic Church only persecuted witchcraft, i.e. people who