Showing posts with label A.J. Jacobs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label A.J. Jacobs. Show all posts

Wednesday, February 11, 2015

Loveless Law-keeping

What if you woke up tomorrow determined to take the Bible at its literal word?  That is the premise of the book, The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible, by A.J. Jacobs.  A professional memoir writer/Esquire columnist he wanted to explore his Jewish roots and see what all the fuss was about.  He devoted an entire calendar year to the pursuit of following the Bible literally - 8 months for the Old Testament and 4 months for the New Testament.