It’s his Mom’s bible. My mom never owned a bible nor did any family member.
And do you view that as a good thing, or a bad thing... or neither.
It's never too late, Sacajaweau. It's been the most wonderful part of my older life, once I stopped watching the crap spewed by Hollywood. There is a great national organization in which Christians of many Protestand and Evangelical denominations as well as Catholics come together once a week to study the Bible. The focus is on the scriptures, what the unfamiliar words mean in context, what is the history and how does the Old Testament lead to the New Testament, and not on the individual dogma of the churches. There is a brief daily reading and a workbook, to keep you on track. It's wonderful.
Can't recommend it highly enough.