The year of living biblically : one man's humble quest to follow the Bible as literally as possible / by A.J. Jacobs.
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TextPublication details: Waterville, Me. : Thorndike Press, 2008.Edition: Large print edDescription: 597 p. (large print) : ill. ; 23 cmISBN: - 1410405079 (hardcover : large print : alk. paper)
- 9781410405074 (hardcover : large print : alk. paper)
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
The author of The Know-It-All follows up his New York Times bestselling account of reading the entire Encyclopedia Britannica with another improbable adventure--a year spent living, as literally as possible, by the rules of the Bible.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 579-590).
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.