How long does it take to read How to Read the Bible?
James L. Kugel
How to Read the Bible by James L. Kugel takes about 15 hours 17 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 15 hours 17 minutes
A long haul
First published 2007. 834 pages, about 229,350 words.
31 days (about 5 weeks) at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 25 hours 29 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 15 hours 17 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 9 hours 33 minutes |
The page count is the median across 6 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
A reader's companion to the Bible draws on classic interpretations as well as modern scholarship to explain how the Bible may also be a metaphorical reflection of anthropological history.
Subjects: Criticism, interpretation, Bible
