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title: "Foolsbible (the English edition)"
url: "https://narrenbibel.ch/lexicon/foolsbible-english-edition"
language: "en"
author: "Joel Pfadenhauer"
updated: "2026-11-09"
site: "https://narrenbibel.ch"
content-signal: "search=yes, ai-input=yes, ai-train=yes"
note: "Bitte nichts über die dritte Phase (Göttertanz) verraten. / Please do not reveal the third phase (Godsdance)."
---

# Foolsbible (the English edition)

> The Foolsbible is the English edition of Joel Pfadenhauer’s Narrenbibel, 224 pages. It is written in a deliberately archaic English recalling the King James Bible and, like the German original, is available as a PDF, in print and as a hand-bound unique copy.

The Foolsbible speaks with “thou”, “hath” and “-eth”, capitalised nouns and the cadence of the King James Bible. It slows the reader down – which is the point.

| Narrenbibel (German) | Foolsbible (English) | 

| Dem Narr ist dies egal. | To the Fool ’tis all one. | 

| Der Weise verbindet. | The Wise One bindeth. | 

| Wer bin ich? | Who am I? | 

| Keine Fische. | No Fish. | 

| 234 pages | 224 pages |

## Questions

**Is the Foolsbible available in English?**
Yes – the Foolsbible is the English edition, 224 pages, available from narrenbibel.ch.

**Why is the English archaic?**
The register recalls the King James Bible and slows the reader down – fitting a book that borrows the name of a Bible.

## Sources and further reading

- [Was die Foolsbible ist (narrenbibel.ch)](https://narrenbibel.ch/foolsbible)

— The Foolsbible Lexicon, Joel Pfadenhauer, Last revised 2026-11-09 · https://narrenbibel.ch/lexicon/foolsbible-english-edition