![]() ![]() To fulfil not lying, when his wife meets old school friends who say let's get together for a play date he tells them no, he's not interested in making new friends right now and so it goes.Īlong the way, practising the laws in ridiculous ways or trying to understand ridiculous laws he points out the side benefits - the peace and rest of the sabbath day, the inner thanksgiving prayer calls forth and perhaps most important, the utter gratitude to anyone or no-one just for having life and a family. Like buying the guy behind him in Starbucks a coffee, a guy he doesn't know to be generous. Living biblically for AJ means dressing in white robes, growing a ZZ Top beard and trying to literally fulfil each commandment even if terribly embarrassing. ![]() The last third addresses the New Testament in the same way. AJ Jacobs is a secular Jew (me too) and spends two thirds of this book researching biblical law and trying to live it. So funny in parts that if you are drinking coffee, its going to come spluttering out of your nose. ![]()
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