Good Book: The Bizarre, Hilarious, Disturbing, Marvelous, and Inspiring Things I Learned When I Read Every Single Word of the Bible
Nov 2023 · Harper Collins
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"Hilarious . . . It's CliffsNotes for Scripture—screenplay by Plotz, story by God . . . In the end, though, the book is made by the spirit of the writer." — The New York Times Book Review
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?
"Like the Bible itself, Good Book contains multitudes—it is by turns thought-provoking, funny, enlightening and moving." —A. J. Jacobs, New York Times–bestselling author of The Year of Living Biblically
Irreverent . . . Plotz's hilarious exegeses will have you laughing out loud. Who knew the Bible was such a riot?" — Time Out New York
"Plotz is a genius writer." —Franklin Foer, author of How Soccer Explains the World
"A bloody good book . . . Very funny . . . Priceless for those of all traditions who see value in posing unanswerable questions to each other, and to God himself." — Minneapolis Star Tribune
"Deeply religious people might be offended by the book, but for the rest of us there's a laugh on every page." — Booklist
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?
"Like the Bible itself, Good Book contains multitudes—it is by turns thought-provoking, funny, enlightening and moving." —A. J. Jacobs, New York Times–bestselling author of The Year of Living Biblically
Irreverent . . . Plotz's hilarious exegeses will have you laughing out loud. Who knew the Bible was such a riot?" — Time Out New York
"Plotz is a genius writer." —Franklin Foer, author of How Soccer Explains the World
"A bloody good book . . . Very funny . . . Priceless for those of all traditions who see value in posing unanswerable questions to each other, and to God himself." — Minneapolis Star Tribune
"Deeply religious people might be offended by the book, but for the rest of us there's a laugh on every page." — Booklist
About the author
David Plotz is the editor of Slate. He has written for The New York Times Magazine, Harper's, Rolling Stone, The New Republic, The Washington Post, and GQ, and is the author of The Genius Factory: The Curious History of the Nobel Prize Sperm Bank. He won the National Press Club's Hume Award for political journalism and has been a National Magazine Award finalist. He lives with his wife, the journalist Hanna Rosin, and their children in Washington, D.C.
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