NEW! Good Book: The Bizarre, Hilarious, Disturbing, Marvelous, and Inspiring Things I Learned When I Read Every Single Word of the Bible (P.S.) with Free shipping
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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?
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In this recapitulated, irreverent yet poignant rendition of the Old Testament, David Plotz has given us a new lens through which to view the ancient verbiage. That lens is ground from the sands of time, whimsy, debate, morality and some good ole fashioned common sense. What we have is 29 books condensed into one, such that the major points are represented, the pertinent details are glossed over (but intelligible) and the minutiae is dispensed with, thank you David as I really don't care who begat whom. Having never been able to get past the Elizabethan or Old World English (or whatever form of English it is) reading the bible was nothing less than monotonous, if not down right grueling.
What this piece has done for me is to reconfirm and buttress my already prevailing views that The Bible is not the inerrant word of God. The god of the bible as depicted through the eyepiece of Mr. Plotz's work is well, quite frankly a miserable bastard, and a god whom I can't and won't acknowledge let alone worship. For me the bible vis a vis "Good Book" is a diary, a time capsule if you will, written by and about a brave, talented, passionate, intelligent people whose faith transcends time, place or environment. Unfortunately this work fails to answer one of the most serious questions of this millennia - why pray tell was Jeremiah a bullfrog?? Verily, verily, I sayeth unto you, a great study, 5 stars dost mine own heart bequeath..........
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