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Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible
A J Jacobs
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Description for Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible
Paperback. Written by the author who, raised in a secular family but interested in the relevance of faith in our modern world, decides to dive in head first and attempt to obey the hundreds of less-publicized rules. This book describes how the resulting spiritual journey is at once funny and profound, reverent and irreverent, personal and universal. Num Pages: 400 pages, ports. BIC Classification: WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 29. Weight in Grams: 284.
Avoiding shellfish was easy. The stoning of adulterers proved a little more difficult - and potentially controversial. Was it enough to walk up to an adulterer and gently touch them with a stone? Even that could be grounds for accusations of assault, especially with female adulterers in Manhattan. So what's a good Bible-reading boy to do?
Raised in a secular family but increasingly interested in the relevance of faith in our modern world, A.J. Jacobs decides to dive in head first and attempt to obey the hundreds of less-publicized rules. The resulting spiritual journey is at once funny and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Arrow
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099509790
SKU
V9780099509790
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About A J Jacobs
A. J. Jacobs is the editor at large at Esquire. He is the author of the New York Times bestseller The Know-It-All. He has contributed to the New York Times, New York magazine, and NPR's Weekend Edition, among others. He lives in New York. See ajjacobs.com for more information.
Reviews for Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible
A.J. Jacobs has written a - how else to put it? - Good Book. Let me take my review from the original, Psalm 2, verse 4: 'He that sittith in the heavens shall laugh.' And let me suggest that readers, whether they know their bible or not, get to know A.J. Jacobs. But not in a biblical sense, please
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