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How many pages are there in a Bible?

  • Post author:Nobimu
  • Post published:13. February 2025
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A regular Norwegian bible has about 1400 pages, depending on the font size and book format. It has 1189 chapters, 31.173 verses, approximately 740.000 words and about 3 million letters.A…

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How many books does the Bible consist of?

  • Post author:Nobimu
  • Post published:13. February 2025
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A regular Norwegian Bible consists of 66 books. Where 39 is in the Old Testament and 27 in the New Testament.Catholic Bibles consist of 73 books, as they also contain…

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Erasmus and his Greek New Testament

  • Post author:Pål-Espen Tørisen
  • Post published:13. February 2025
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The Nordic Bible Museum's collection includes one of history’s most influential editions of the Bible - the first printed New Testament (NT) in Greek, from 1516. Novum Instrumentum Omne, as was…

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Plague in the Bible

  • Post author:Professor emeritus Torill Sauer
  • Post published:4. September 2023
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What disease could have caused the "Plague of the Philistines"? The term "plague" is used in the Bible for highly contagious diseases that can spread quickly, reach epidemic proportions and…

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