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008 190815s2008 nyua b 001 0 eng d
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050 14$aBS511.3$b.J33 2008
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100 1 $aJacobs, A. J.,$d1968.
245 14$aThe year of living biblically :$bone man's humble quest to follow the Bible as literally as possible /$cA.J. Jacobs.
250 $a1st pbk. ed.
260 # $aNew York :$bSimon & Schuster,$c2008.
300 $a388 pages :$billustrations ;$c22 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent.
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia.
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 # $aRaised in a secular family but interested in the relevance of faith in our modern world, A.J. Jacobs decides to attempt to obey the Bible as literally as possible for one full year. He vows to follow the Ten Commandments. To be fruitful and multiply. To love his neighbor. But also to obey the hundreds of less publicized rules: to avoid wearing clothes made of mixed fibers; to stone adulterers. The resulting spiritual journey is at once funny and profound, reverent and irreverent, personal and universal and will make you see history's most influential book with new eyes. Jacobs embeds himself in a cross-section of communities that take the Bible literally: he tours a creationist museum and sings hymns with Amish; he dances with Hasidic Jews and does Scripture study with Jehovah's Witnesses. He wrestles with seemingly archaic rules that baffle the 21st-century brain, and he discovers ancient wisdom of startling relevance.--From publisher description.
630 07$aBible$xCriticism.$2sears.
630 07$aBible.$2fast
630 00$aBible$xCriticism, interpretation, etc.
650 #0$aChristian life.
655 #7$aCriticism, interpretation, etc.$2fast