I& #39;m finally (12 yrs late) getting around to reading AJ Jacobs& #39; "A Year Of Living Biblically." Honestly, halfway thru, insee him growing as a person, but I& #39;m not sure I really like this book. Primarily I have a problem with the default assumption that literal = biblical.

I know literalism makes for some funny moments in the book, and thus its marketability, but sometimes it feels cheap.

Also, while I appreciate the ways he& #39;s throwing himself into this, I also feel like people give their whole lives to studying and living this text and Jacobs is gonna love what they really mean in 1 yr of study?

Again, fun idea. Funny storytelling. Worth reading, even, to see what "secular" people really think about the Bible.

But sometimes it& #39;s too easy.

I& #39;m glad it& #39;s not all cynicism otherwise I& #39;d stop reading. I at least appreciate how he& #39;s seeing the beauty in some of this.

I& #39;ll say this - I& #39;m much more interested in reading his prior work "the know it all."