The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible As Literally As Possible by A.J. Jacobs

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


This is a really fascinating book and fun to read. HONEST

A.J. Jacobs attempts to live by the Bible’s laws as literally as possible for one year.

Jacobs does not ram religion down your throat. He shows us some of the zany and not-so-crazy rules from the Bible. On many occasions he also gives us some historical perspective to the origins of these laws - which I found very interesting.

Some of the famous laws visited include the Ten Commandments; not stealing including: neighbors wireless networks or straws that his two year old wanted to play with at Starbucks; be fruitful and multiply, no lying (this proved a hard one as sometimes it is easier to tell a white lie to a 2 year-old and avoid a tantrum. But he also obeys dozens of less publicized instructions, including growing a beard, avoiding clothes of mixed fibers and, yes, stoning adulterers.

Interpreting the Bible leads Jacobs to visit some remarkable Biblical communities, from a Kentucky-based creationist museum to the Pennsylvania Amish, from Christian charity workers to Hasidic Jews.

You all should really read this.





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