It consists of 100 visionary scenarios that teach young children many valuable lessons. Join slate plus to continue reading, and youll get unlimited access to all our workand support slates. David plotz is the author of good book, an account of his endeavor to read every word of the old testament he used the jewish publication societys translation, dipping into the king. Like the bible itself, good book contains multitudesit is by turns thoughtprovoking, funny, enlightening and moving.
Still, plotz writes, one of the revelations ive had in reading the bible is that its most famous passages are almost always its most loving ones. He is the cohost of the slate political gabfest podcast with john dickerson and emily bazelon. Good book ebook by david plotz 9780061972881 rakuten kobo. David plotz is a journalist and writer with slate as well as the magazines editor. Good book by david plotz overdrive rakuten overdrive. David plotz books list of books by author david plotz. In the end, though, the book is made by the spirit of the writer. Read good book the bizarre, hilarious, disturbing, marvelous, and inspiring things i learned when i read every single word of the bible by david plotz available from rakuten kobo.
Good book the bizarre, hilarious, disturbing, marvelous, and inspiring things i learned when i read every single word of the bible. Since i hit on all three of these criteria i definitely quality im thinking of buying copies for my whole family. See all books authored by david plotz, including good book. It is his sincere effort to better understand the bible but his compendium is sarcastic, sardonic, and hilarious.
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 short, david plotzs book easily lives up to its name. David plotz was online at to chat with readers about his new book, good book, about his year spent reading the bible and. With great wit, plotz explodes our assumptions about the bible, helps us see our our favorite stories fresh, and takes us to parts of the bible weve been afraid to enter alone. I never went to synagogue much but i certainly havent increased my attendance.
Good book arises out of an online project of political journalist david plotz, editor of the online magazine slate. Selfproclaimed agnostic david plotz read the bible a few years ago and he wrote about. This was one i picked up as part of the dewey reading project. The bizarre, hilarious, disturbing, marvelous, and inspiring things i learned when i read every single word of the bible, by david plotz is an interesting book on one mans perception after reading the bible. My mother is somebody who i think of as having just an intense close focus. Browse david plotzs bestselling audiobooks and newest titles.
The background of how editor david plotz came to write this book was very interesting to me. At a time when wars are fought over scriptural interpretation, when the influence of the religious on american politics has never been greater. The bizarre, hilarious, disturbing, marvelous, and inspiring things i. David plotz discusses good book, his chronicle of reading.
Good book is what happens when a regular guy actually reads the whole book on which his religion, his culture, and his world are based. From an interview by the daily beast with david plotz on his new book good book which grew out of his original blogging the bible series im definitely not a better person by the standards of any rabbi. Good book is a great book that will enhance your understanding of religion, art, and most of all, life. Shes somebody who really can pay very, very close attention to the thing shes focusing on for a very long period of time. David plotz is the deputy editor for the online magazine slate, where he. Plotz devoted a year to reading the old testament and writing a series of essays. Discover more authors youll love listening to on audible. The best part of the book is that plotz doesnt indulge in exegesis. Shes somebody who really can pay very, very close attention to the thing shes focusing on for a very long period of time, and that has. The bizarre, hilarious, disturbing, marvelous, and inspiring things i learned when i read every single word of the bible plotz, david on. David plotz discusses good book, his chronicle of reading the entire.
The bizarre, hilarious, disturbing, marvelous, and inspiring things i learned when i read every single word of the bible kindle edition by plotz, david. Latest david plotz quotes from interviews az quotes. David plotz discusses good book and what he learned blogging the bible. Plotz read the bible beginning as a child in hebrew class. David plotz discusses his inspiration for good book. This was perhaps the most frequent question bandied about at last nights book party for david plotzs good book held at the tribeca home of jacob weisberg and deborah. The curious history of the nobel prize sperm bank, and more on. 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.
He picks one book that shows humanity at its worst, heading towards world war. 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. Slate editor david plotz talks to wnycs leonard lopate about some of. Good book is a summary of the old testament, told by david plotz, an editor for slate magazine. The bizarre, hilarious, disturbing, marvelous, and inspiring things i learned when i read every single word of the bible by david plotz. David plotz is editor at large at business insider, where he writes the insider today newsletter with henry blodget. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. David plotz is the ceo of atlas obscura and host of the slate political gabfest. The bible has been described in many ways, and now editor david plotz has a few more adjectives to add to the list.
David plotzs chapterbychapter, versebyverse riffs on the hebrew bible are by turns entertaining, serious, shallow, profound, literalminded, cute, ingratiating, hilarious. Good book, by david plotz blogging for a good book. The bizarre, hilarious, disturbing, marvelous, and inspiring things i learned when i read every single word of the bible, and the genius factory. A treasure cruise through the good book book summary. Plotz, an american journalist, has been a writer with slate since its inception and was designated as the online magazines editor in. Good book for the most part, the content is the same as the blog. Good book is what happens when a regular guy an average job actually reads the book on which his religion, his culture. Along the way, he grapples with the most profound theological questions. The bizarre, hilarious, disturbing, marvelous, and inspiring things i learned when i read every single word of the bible. The fully absorbing other worlds of dickens and mark twain tempt david, but he goes another direction. He has written for the new york times magazine, harpers, rolling stone, the new republic, the washington post, and gq.
Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading good book. When david plotz read every word of the old testament, he discovered lots of smitings, misogyny, and a god whos like donald trump. The only additions are an introduction, a conclusion chapter called should you read the bible. The bizarre, hilarious, disturbing, marvelous, and inspiring things i learned when i read every single word of the bible david plotz. Slate editor david plotz blogged his way through the bible in 2006 and 2007 and has just published good book. Atlas obscura is a media company in the midst of a transition as it embraces connecting people with reallife experiences. David plotz s chapterbychapter, versebyverse riffs on the hebrew bible are by turns entertaining, serious, shallow, profound, literalminded, cute, ingratiating, hilarious.
Jacobs, author of the year of living biblically plotz is a genius writer. Good book by david plotz, 97800674258, download free ebooks, download free pdf epub ebook. Thanks to david plotzs amazing book, i will never have to read the bible. Jacobs, author of the year of living biblically plotz is. At a time when wars are fought over scriptural interpretation, when the influence of the. The good book by david plotz is a quick, informal, but skeptical overview of the old testament. The result is an irreverent, enthralling journey through the worlds most important work of literature. Amid the wisecracks, the author raises some good points, especially this one. Which got him to thinking, has the bible been just a bit oversold as the good book.
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