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Bible by Bible takes about 26 hours 50 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 26 hours 50 minutes

A long haul

First published 1200. 1,464 pages, about 402,600 words.

54 days (about 8 weeks) at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 44 hours 44 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 26 hours 50 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 16 hours 47 minutes

The page count is the median across 6,110 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

The purpose of The Original African Heritage Study Bible is to interpret the Bible as it relates specifically to persons of African descent and thereby to foster an appreciation of the multiculturalism inherent in the Bible. The Original African Heritage Study Bible offers a number of unique features which reveal the African/Edenic contribution to Judaism and Christianity, including: 1) Highlighted verses about Africa and Biblical characters of African descent; 2) 48 pages of reference to African/Edenic persons, places and events; 3) Original art reproductions taken from the Mafa tribe collection of Cameroon, Africa; 4) Full-color maps showing where important African/Edenic events and places occurred in the ancient world; 5) 101 favorite Bible verses from people of the African diaspora; 6) Specially selected articles by outstanding national Bible scholars; and 7) Words and music to famous slave songs.

Subjects: Bible, Religion, Bibles, Theology, Scripture, Bibles - King James

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