Curiosities of the Bible

Who was put to death by a plague? What's the shortest verse? 446 pages of Bible prize questions, enigmas and curiosities that Victorian Sunday schools competed over.

This site is the complete 1879 book Curiosities of the Bible, page by page as originally printed — period spelling, remedies and opinions included. About this edition →

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Holy Bible

1 page

Pertaining To

16 pages

First Things

2 pages

Old Testament Persons

9 pages

New Testament Persons

6 pages

Places and Localities

1 page

Old Testament Things

4 pages

New Testament Things

2 pages

Involving Arithmetical Calculations in Their Solution

1 page

Familiar Quotations

1 page

Scripture Metaphors

3 pages

Curiosities of the Bible

1 page

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Curiosities of the Bible (I Seth Enos)

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Comfort Peace

We are to do this for various reasons. It would be sufficient to say that Jesus has commanded us to do so. "Search ye the…

The Door Open or Shut

Light from the Bible

In this picture you see a lamp, a torch, a rock, a ship, and a book. All these objects are suggestive. Lamps and torches are used…

Faults Of

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The Scripture Stumper

One prize question a day from the 1879 book — the same for everyone, as in a proper Sunday-school contest — plus a challenge link to stump a friend.

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Search the Curiosities

Ask a question and see which of the book's curiosities answers it.

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