TY  - BOOK
AU  - Jacobs,A.J.
TI  - The year of living biblically: one man's humble quest to follow the Bible as literally as possible 
SN  - 9780743291484
AV  - BS 511.3 J17y 2007
U1  - 220 
PY  - 2007///
CY  - New York
PB  - Simon & Schuster
KW  - Bible
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc
KW  - Biblia
KW  - Crítica e interpretación
KW  - Christian life
KW  - Vida cristiana
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [343]-348) and index
N2  - 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
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