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001 2007009573
003 DLC
005 20100730082758.0
008 070306s2007 nyua b 001 0deng
010 $a 2007009573
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035 $a(OCoLC)ocm86038134
035 $a(OCoLC)86038134
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050 00 $aBS511.3$b.J33 2007
082 00 $a220$222
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 Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.
260 $aNew York :$bSimon & Schuster,$c2007.
300 $a388 p. :$bill. ;$c25 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [343]-348) 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 00 $aBible$xCriticism, interpretation, etc.
650 0 $aChristian life.
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0740/2007009573-d.html
856 41 $3Sample text$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0740/2007009573-s.html
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1011/2007009573-b.html