Good Book
Subtitle: the bizarre, hilarious, disturbing, marvelous, and inspiring things I learned when I read every single word of the Bible
By: David Plotz
Edition: First HarperLuxe edition.
Publisher: HarperLuxe
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 485
ISBN-13: 9780061719950
Subjects: Controversial literature; Criticism, interpretation; Large type books; Bible
Description: An irreverent tour of the Bible as read by a journalist traces his mixed-heritage education, his discovery of lesser-known stories from the Old and New Testaments, and the theological conundrums he explored throughout his reading.
Table of contents: title: Genesis: God's first try; title: Exodus: Let my complaining, whining, no-goodnik people go!; title: Leviticus: Lovers and lepers; title: Numbers: the source of all Jewish comedy; title: Deuteronomy: The Bible's 5th Beatle; title: Joshua: Why so many Bible hookers?; title: Judges: The meathead and the left-handed assassin; title: 1 Samuel: The Bible's Bill Clinton; title: 2 Samuel: God's favorite king; title: 1 Kings: Kings of pain; title: 2 Kings: The end of Israel; title: Digging the Bible; title: Isaiah: The Jesus preview; title: Jeremiah: The prophet and the lustful she-camel; title: Ezekiel: God's whole-grain hippie prophet; title: The minor prophets: all those books you've never heard of, plus Jonah and the whale; title: Psalms: 150 short poems about God; title: Proverbs: Chicken soup for the Hebrew soul; title: Job: God's bad bet; title: The song of songs: Hot and holy; title: Ruth: my favorite Bible story; title: Lamentations & Ecclesiastes: Bible books for rock stars; title: Esther: The first Miss Universe pageant; title: Daniel: Nice pussycat!; title: Ezra and Nehemiah: Coming home; title: 1 & 2 Chronicles: Return of the kings; title: Should you read the Bible?; title: Useful (and not so useful) Bible lists.