عنوان

The year of living biblically :

(Number (ISBN

0743291476

(Number (ISBN

9780743291477

Number

b768062

Title Proper

The year of living biblically :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

one man's humble quest to follow the Bible as literally as possible /

First Statement of Responsibility

A.J. Jacobs.

Edition Statement

1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

New York :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Simon & Schuster,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2007.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

388 pages :

Other Physical Details

illustrations ;

Dimensions

25 cm

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-348) and index.

Text of Note

Raised in a secular family but interested in the relevance of faith in our modern world, A.J. Jacobs decides to 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 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 embeds himself in a cross-section of communities that take the Bible literally: he tours a creationist museum and sings hymns with Amish; he dances with Hasidic Jews and does Scripture study with Jehovah's Witnesses. He wrestles with seemingly archaic rules that baffle the 21st-century brain, and he discovers ancient wisdom of startling relevance.--From publisher description.

Jacobs, A. J.,1968-

Bible-- Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Christian life.

Christian life.

Number

Edition

Class number

Book number

Class number

Jacobs, A. J.,1968-

Date of Transaction

20201206132945.0

Electronic name

[Book]

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