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title: "Joel Pfadenhauer"
url: "https://narrenbibel.ch/lexicon/joel-pfadenhauer"
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)."
---

# Joel Pfadenhauer

> Joel Pfadenhauer is a Swiss author. He wrote the Narrenbibel, a Menippean satire in three phases, from autumn 2022 to autumn 2026, together with its English edition, the Foolsbible. He binds the book’s 144 numbered unique copies himself.

| Narrenbibel | German, 234 pages, 2022–2026 | 

| Foolsbible | English, 224 pages | 

| Genre | Menippean satire | 

| Unique copies | 144, numbered, bound by the author | 

The book is self-published on narrenbibel.ch as a PDF, as print on demand and as a hand-bound unique copy. The first phase, the Catalysis, is free to read. More: [What the Foolsbible is](https://narrenbibel.ch/foolsbible).

## Questions

**Who is Joel Pfadenhauer?**
A Swiss author, writer of the Narrenbibel (2022–2026) and its English edition, the Foolsbible.

**Who publishes the Foolsbible?**
It is self-published directly on narrenbibel.ch.

## Sources and further reading

- [Der Verfasser (narrenbibel.ch)](https://narrenbibel.ch/verfasser)

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