From the bestselling author of "The Know-It-All" comes a
fascinating and timely exploration of religion and the Bible. A.J.
Jacobs chronicles his hilarious and thoughtful year spent obeying―a
s literally as possible―the tenets of the Bible.
Raised in a secular family but increasingly interested in the
relevance of faith in our modern world, A.J. Jacobs decides to dive
in headfirst and attempt to obey the Bible as literally as possible
for one full year. He vows to follow the Ten Commandments. To be
fruitful and multiply. To love his neighbor. But also to obey the
hundreds of less publicized rules: to avoid wearing clothes made of
mixed fibers; to play a ten-string harp; to stone adulterers.
The resulting spiritual journey is at once funny and profound,
reverent and irreverent, personal and universal and will make you
see history's most influential book with new eyes.
Jacobs's quest transforms his life even more radically than the
year spent reading the entire Encyclopedia Britannica for "The
Know-It-All." His beard grows so unruly that he is regularly
mistaken for a member of ZZ Top. He immerses himself in prayer,
tends sheep in the Israeli desert, battles idolatry, and tells the
absolute truth in all situations--much to his wife's chagrin.
Throughout the book, Jacobs also embeds himself in a cross-section
of communities that take the Bible literally. He tours a
Kentucky-based creationist museum and sings hymns with Pennsylvania
Amish. He dances with Hasidic Jews in Brooklyn and does Scripture
study with Jehovah's Witnesses. He discovers ancient biblical
wisdom of startling relevance. And he wrestles with seemingly
archaic rules that baffle the twenty-first-century brain.
Jacobs's extraordinary undertaking yields unexpected epiphanies and
challenges. A book that will charm readers both secular and
religious, "The Year of Living Biblically" is part Cliff Notes to
the "Bible," part memoir, and part look into worlds unimaginable.
Thou shalt not be able to put it down.
General
| Imprint: |
Simon & Schuster
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
September 2008 |
| First published: |
September 2008 |
| Authors: |
A. J. Jacobs
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| Dimensions: |
220 x 145 x 25mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
388 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-7432-9148-4 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Sport & Leisure >
Humour >
General
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| LSN: |
0-7432-9148-4 |
| Barcode: |
9780743291484 |
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