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<\/a>\"\"Given my penchant for discussing Biblical literalism on this blog, I must share this piece of news. Apparently a book has recently come out about the experiences of one man who tried to take the whole Bible completely literally \u2013 in every detail \u2013 for a year<\/a>. I simply must<\/em> read this book! It is by A. J. Jacobs, and the title is The Year of Living Biblically: One Man\u2019s Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible<\/a>\"\".<\/p>\n

There is a debate about it on Slate<\/a>, and a sample chapter and video on MSNBC<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Given my penchant for discussing Biblical literalism on this blog, I must share this piece of news. Apparently a book has recently come out about the experiences of one man who tried to take the whole Bible completely literally \u2013 in every detail \u2013 for a year. I simply must read this book! It is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4186","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nTaking the Bible Literally - ALL OF IT!<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Given my penchant for discussing Biblical literalism on this blog, I must share this piece of news. 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