The Bible Is Weirder than We Usually Realize

A Textual Romp Through One of the World’s Better Known Classics

I grew up, perhaps like many of you, in a house with several Bibles. Both my parents had their favored editions—plus there were various versions and translations, some in stodgy English, some in trendy English, some with study notes, some with chain references, some with red letters, some in paper covers, some in leather; they even had an Amplified Bibl…