![]() ![]() I kind of expected him to make bricks out of straw or something. I thought The Year of Living Biblically would be more about living primitively. It was a fast, entertaining read but the humor didn’t quite blow me away. I was entertained by his writing and I surprisingly learned a few things. ![]() That being said, the humor wasn’t that hilarious. The cover kind of says “See how ridiculous religion is? LOL.” While there is humor, it’s more self-deprecating instead of mocking. When I first saw it, it seemed like it was mocking religion. I read this book on a recommendation from a friend. 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. ![]() 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. Jacobs decides to dive in headfirst and attempt to obey the Bible as literally as possible for one full year. Raised in a secular family but increasingly interested in the relevance of faith in our modern world, A.J. The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possibleįrom the bestselling author of "The Know-It-All" comes a fascinating and timely exploration of religion and the Bible. ![]()
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