Depending on the size and type of book, a bible might be somewhere between 800 and 1,800 pages long. Very few people pick up the bible and read it in a linear manner from page 1 to page 1,800. The main reason for this is its structure. The bible is both a story and a series of stories—that’s a Story System. For the über story delivered through the bible, its Organizing Idea could be described as something like “your personal relationship with the beginning, middle, and end.