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The Year Of Living Biblically (Large Print): One Man's Humble Quest To Follow The Bible As Literally As Possible

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The Year Of Living Biblically (Large Print): One Man's Humble Quest To Follow The Bible As Literally As Possible

by A.j. Jacobs

Gale Cengage Learning | September 16, 2008 | Trade Paperback

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.

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    Rating: 3/5

    not bad

    Stephanie St Pierre

    2 years ago

    I read a review of this book in some magazine and it sounded absolutely hilarious... and i was until 3/4 through, then I'm not sure what happened but the whole thing just got dry and super boring. Overall it was a good experiment and an interesting read.

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    Rating: 3/5

    Interesting but not inspiring

    JB

    3 years ago

    This is a really interesting take on the pursuit of religion and finding a true calling. The attempt to live from the bible is noble, but, when taken this literally, seems a bit ridiculous. There are parts of the book that are laugh-out-loud funny, but there are also parts of the book that are just plain annoying, although that may be due to the quirkiness of the author, who fully admits to having plenty of social problems. This book is not for someone who is seeking inspiration for a spiritual journey, rather it is for the reader who is tolerant of most aspects of the bible, both old and new testaments, without being too attached to any of it.

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    Rating: 3/5

    Humorous

    Gwen Fernandes

    3 years ago

    This book was pretty good. I found it alittle boring at times, mainly because I am not a religious person, so reading parts from the bible weren't that exciting to me. However, the fact that someone actually took the bible to the most literal sense and tried to live their life that way is pretty fascinating and courageous I would think, especially in this day and age!!!! It also had some humorous parts to it.
    Overall not a bad book to read.

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    Rating: 4/5

    Fantastic!

    Jody Weima

    4 years ago

    I highly enjoyed this book. Couldn't put it down and finished it in under a week. Good humour, insight and makes you think (rather you're a believer or not). Agreed, he should have delved more into Catholicism, etc. I got it from my library, but I'm going to buy it to add it to my collection.

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    Kedei Ottoh

    A pretty hilarious book. If you are familiar with Judeo-Christian beliefs (regardless of whether you're a believer or not) at the very least you will find most of thie book very comical. Although it is a relatively light read, at times it is thought-provoking. I would definitely recommend this book, especially as a fall/winter read.

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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.

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598 Pages, 5.39 x 8.58 x 1.18 in

September 16, 2008

Gale Cengage Learning

English


159413295X
9781594132957

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