A Year of Living Biblically
11 October 2007 by Christian Selvaratnam
Tim Ferriss has posted about AJ Jacobs’ attempt to follow every rule of the Bible literally for an entire year.
Here’s a quote,
Two types of rules were hardest for me. First, there was avoiding the sins we commit every day – no lying, no gossiping, no coveting. I’m a journalist in New York. That’s like 70 percent of my day.
The second type of difficult rules were those that will get you into trouble if you follow them in modern-day America. For instance, the Old Testament rule that you should stone adulterers. Luckily, I was able to stone one adulterer. I was in the park dressed in my biblical garb (white clothes, a beard, sandals, walking stick) and a man came up to me and asked why I was dressed so strangely. He seemed hostile right from the start. I explained to him my project. And he said “I’m an adulterer. Are you going to stone me?” I said, “That would be great.”
I took out a handful of pebbles – because the Bible never specifies the size of the stones. This man actually grabbed the stones from my hand and chucked them at my face. I felt I had the right to retaliate, so I tossed a pebble at him. And in that way I stoned.
Very interesting and at once humourous book this is. The complete interview is on http://www.timferriss.com/
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If you’d like to hear A.J. Jacobs talk about his new book, “The Year of Living Biblically,” check out this audio interview link: http://www.mrmedia.com/2007/10/aj-jacobs-year-of-living-biblically.html .
Thanks for the feedback Ron :-)