{"product_id":"the-year-of-living-biblically-one-mans-humble-quest-to-follow-the-bible-as-literally-as-possible-9780743291484","title":"The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible","description":"\u003cb\u003eNow a TV series \u003ci\u003eLiving Biblically\u003c\/i\u003e streaming on CBS All Access \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Know-It-All\u003c\/i\u003e comes a fascinating and timely exploration of religion and the Bible. A.J. Jacobs chronicles his hilarious and thoughtful year spent obeying―as literally as possible―the tenets of the Bible.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRaised in a secular family but increasingly interested in the relevance of faith in our modern world, A.J. Jacobs decides to dive in headfirst and 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 play a ten-string harp; to stone adulterers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJacobs's quest transforms his life even more radically than the year spent reading the entire Encyclopedia Britannica for \u003ci\u003eThe Know-It-All\u003c\/i\u003e. His beard grows so unruly that he is regularly mistaken for a member of ZZ Top. He immerses himself in prayer, tends sheep in the Israeli desert, battles idolatry, and tells the absolute truth in all situations--much to his wife's chagrin. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThroughout the book, Jacobs also embeds himself in a cross-section of communities that take the Bible literally. He tours a Kentucky-based creationist museum and sings hymns with Pennsylvania Amish. He dances with Hasidic Jews in Brooklyn and does Scripture study with Jehovah's Witnesses. He discovers ancient biblical wisdom of startling relevance. And he wrestles with seemingly archaic rules that baffle the twenty-first-century brain. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJacobs's extraordinary undertaking yields unexpected epiphanies and challenges. A book that will charm readers both secular and religious, \u003ci\u003eThe Year of Living Biblically\u003c\/i\u003e is part Cliff Notes to the \u003ci\u003eBible\u003c\/i\u003e, part memoir, and part look into worlds unimaginable. Thou shalt not be able to put it down.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJacobs, A. J.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - A.J. Jacobs is the author of \u003ci\u003eThanks a Thousand\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIt's All Relative\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDrop Dead Healthy\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestsellers \u003ci\u003eThe Know-It-All, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Year of Living Biblically, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eMy Life as an Experiment\u003c\/i\u003e. He is a contributor to NPR, and has written for \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in New York City with his wife and kids. Visit him at AJJacobs.com and follow him on Twitter @ajjacobs.","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50617156043026,"sku":"9780743291484","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_71361f55-d357-46f1-ac6f-da7f5d57a17f.jpg?v=1732512448","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-year-of-living-biblically-one-mans-humble-quest-to-follow-the-bible-as-literally-as-possible-9780743291484","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}