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At a time when wars are fought over scriptural interpretation, when the influence of religion on. The good book by david plotz is a quick, informal, but skeptical overview of the old testament. It is his sincere effort to better understand the bible but. Like the bible itself, good book contains multitudes. Which got him to thinking, has the bible been just a bit oversold as the good book. David plotz discusses good book, his chronicle of reading the entire. Plotz is jewish, but not a religious man, but i think he still wants to believe in god, and has some religious affinities, at least far more than i do. This was perhaps the most frequent question bandied about at last nights book party for david plotz s good book held at the tribeca home of jacob weisberg and deborah. Good book by david plotz, 97800674258, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. This is not a story they taught me at temple sinais hebrew school in 1980.

It is a journey of faith, understanding, insight and extreme questioning. David plotz was online at to chat with readers about his new book, good book, about his year spent reading the bible and. David plotz is the deputy editor for the online magazine slate, where he. Good book, by david plotz blogging for a good book.

David plotz discusses his inspiration for good book. The bizarre, hilarious, disturbing, marvelous, and inspiring things i learned when i read every single word of the bible by david plotz. The founding fathers of the 12 tribes of israel lie, breach a contract, encourage pagans to convert to judaism only in. Like many jews and christians, david plotz long assumed he knew what was. Ive been quoting from david plotzs blog project quite a bit, so i thought it was about time to see the product that issued from it.

In a recent gallup survey, 75% of the respondents said that the bible is the inspired word of god. He is the cohost of the slate political gabfest podcast with john dickerson and emily bazelon. David plotz s chapterbychapter, versebyverse riffs on the hebrew bible are by turns entertaining, serious, shallow, profound, literalminded, cute, ingratiating, hilarious. David plotz was online at to chat with readers about his new book, good book, about his year spent reading the bible and blogging about it. Good book, by david plotz is much more than an interesting look at the bible through one mans eyes. Good book arises out of an online project of political journalist david plotz, editor of the online magazine slate.

David plotzs chapterbychapter, versebyverse riffs on the hebrew bible are by turns entertaining, serious, shallow, profound, literalminded. The bizarre, hilarious, disturbing, marvelous, and inspiring things i learned when i read every single word of the bible david plotz harper collins, oct 6, 2009 religion 352 pages. Since i hit on all three of these criteria i definitely quality im thinking of buying copies for my whole family. David plotz is a journalist and writer with slate as well as the magazines editor. The bizarre, hilarious, disturbing, marvelous, and inspiring things i learned when i read every single word of the bible by david plotz rated 5. When david plotz read every word of the old testament, he discovered lots of smitings, misogyny, and a god whos like donald trump. His interpretations, feelings and thoughts about his journey are frank, filled with harshness and often with extreme humor. This hardcover collectors edition book features a complete harvest moon. In short, david plotz s book easily lives up to its name.