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The Bizarre, Hilarious, Disturbing, Marvelous, and Inspiring Things I Learned When I Read Every Single Word of the Bible
Harper
March 2009
On Sale: March 3, 2009
336 pages
ISBN: 0061374245
EAN: 9780061374241
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction Religion
Like many Jews and Christians, David Plotz long assumed he
knew what was in the Bible. He read parts of it as a child
in Hebrew school, then at-tended a Christian high school
where he studied the Old and New Testaments. Many of the
highlights stuck with him—Adam and Eve, Cain versus Abel,
Jacob versus Esau, Jonah versus whale, forty days and
nights, ten plagues and commandments, twelve tribes and
apostles, Red Sea walked under, Galilee walked on, bush
into fire, rock into water, water into wine. And, of
course, he absorbed from all around him other bits of the
Bible—from stories he heard in churches and synagogues, in
movies and on television, from his parents and teachers.
But it wasn't until he picked up a Bible at a cousin's bat
mitzvah—and became engrossed and horrified by a lesser-
known story in Genesis—that he couldn't put it down. At a time when wars are fought over scriptural
interpretation, when the influence of religion on American
politics has never been greater, when many Americans still
believe in the Bible's literal truth, it has never been
more important to get to know the Bible. Good Book is what
happens when a regular guy—an average Job—actually reads
the book on which his religion, his culture, and his world
are based. Along the way, he grapples with the most
profound theological questions: How many commandments do we
actually need? Does God prefer obedience or good deeds? And
the most unexpected ones: Why are so many women in the
Bible prostitutes? Why does God love bald men so much? Is
Samson really that stupid? Good Book is an irreverent, enthralling journey through the
world's most important work of literature.
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