{"product_id":"2940170739370","title":"The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible (Abridged)","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Know-It-All\u003c\/i\u003e takes on history's most influential book.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Raised 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 grow his beard. To stone adulterers. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The resulting spiritual journey is at once funny and profound, reverent and irreverent, personal and universal. Jacobs also embeds himself in a cross-section of communities that take the Bible literally, including the Amish and the Hasidim. He discovers ancient Biblical wisdom of startling relevance. And he wrestles with seemingly archaic rules that baffle the 21st-century brain. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Jacobs's extraordinary undertaking yields unexpected epiphanies and challenges. Sure to charm listeners both secular and religious, \u003ci\u003eThe Year of Living Biblically\u003c\/i\u003e is part \u003ci\u003eCliffs-Notes\u003c\/i\u003e to the Bible, part memoir, and part look into worlds unimaginable. Thou shalt not be able to stop listening.","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47161945751792,"sku":"2940170739370","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940170739370_p0.jpg?v=1763816466","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940170739370","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}