David plotz the good book

This was one i picked up as part of the dewey reading project. David plotz books list of books by author david plotz. Good book is a great book that will enhance your understanding of religion, art, and most of all, life. Good book arises out of an online project of political journalist david plotz, editor of the online magazine slate. Jacobs, author of the year of living biblically plotz is. Good book by david plotz, 97800674258, download free ebooks, download free pdf epub ebook. Atlas obscura is a media company in the midst of a transition as it embraces connecting people with reallife experiences.

The bizarre, hilarious, disturbing, marvelous, and inspiring things i. Browse david plotzs bestselling audiobooks and newest titles. In the end, though, the book is made by the spirit of the writer. 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.

Slate editor david plotz talks to wnycs leonard lopate about some of. 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. 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. 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. The bizarre, hilarious, disturbing, marvelous, and inspiring things i learned when i read every single word of the bible david plotz. A treasure cruise through the good book is an actionpacked bible thriller, as well as a teaching and inspirational guide for young readers. Amid the wisecracks, the author raises some good points, especially this one. Good book is what happens when a regular guy an average job actually reads the book on which his religion, his culture. 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. It is his sincere effort to better understand the bible but his compendium is sarcastic, sardonic, and hilarious. David plotz is editor at large at business insider, where he writes the insider today newsletter with henry blodget.

See all books authored by david plotz, including good book. The result is an irreverent, enthralling journey through the worlds most important work of literature. The bizarre, hilarious, disturbing, marvelous, and inspiring things i learned when i read every single word of the bible, and the genius factory. It consists of 100 visionary scenarios that teach young children many valuable lessons. The bizarre, hilarious, disturbing, marvelous, and inspiring things i learned when i read every single word of the bible plotz, david on. 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. Plotz devoted a year to reading the old testament and writing a series of essays. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. 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. Good book for the most part, the content is the same as the blog.

Good book ebook by david plotz 9780061972881 rakuten kobo. David plotz is the deputy editor for the online magazine slate, where he. Discover more authors youll love listening to on audible. Good book the bizarre, hilarious, disturbing, marvelous, and inspiring things i learned when i read every single word of the bible. Good book the bizarre, hilarious, disturbing, marvelous, and inspiring things i learned when i read every single word of the bible book. He also hosts the slate political gabfest, the popular weekly podcast. The curious history of the nobel prize sperm bank and good book. Good book by david plotz overdrive rakuten overdrive. Along the way, he grapples with the most profound theological questions. David plotz discusses good book, his chronicle of reading. David plotz discusses good book, his chronicle of reading the entire. Ive been recommending slate editor david plotzs recently published good book the bizarre, hilarious, disturbing, marvelous, and inspiring things i learned when i read every single word of the bible.

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. Its cliff notes for scripturescreenplay by plotz, story by god. The curious history of the nobel prize sperm bank, and more on. 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. When david plotz read every word of the old testament, he discovered lots of smitings, misogyny, and a god whos like donald trump. 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. He is the cohost of the slate political gabfest podcast with john dickerson and emily bazelon. I never went to synagogue much but i certainly havent increased my attendance. David plotz s chapterbychapter, versebyverse riffs on the hebrew bible are by turns entertaining, serious, shallow, profound, literalminded, cute, ingratiating, hilarious. Shes somebody who really can pay very, very close attention to the thing shes focusing on for a very long period of time. The good book by david plotz is a quick, informal, but skeptical overview of the old testament.

David plotz was online at to chat with readers about his new book, good book, about his year spent reading the bible and. Plotz, an american journalist, has been a writer with slate since its inception and was designated as the online magazines editor in. The best part of the book is that plotz doesnt indulge in exegesis. The bizarre, hilarious, disturbing, marvelous, and inspiring things i learned when i read every single word of the bible kindle edition by plotz, david. David plotzs chapterbychapter, versebyverse riffs on the hebrew bible are by turns entertaining, serious, shallow, profound, literalminded. The bible has been described in many ways, and now editor david plotz has a few more adjectives to add to the list. Join slate plus to continue reading, and youll get unlimited access to all our workand support slates. David plotz discusses his inspiration for good book. My mother is somebody who i think of as having just an intense close focus. Plotz read the bible beginning as a child in hebrew class. Selfproclaimed agnostic david plotz read the bible a few years ago and he wrote about.

Thanks to david plotzs amazing book, i will never have to read the bible. 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. David plotz is the ceo of atlas obscura and host of the slate political gabfest. He picks one book that shows humanity at its worst, heading towards world war. The bizarre, hilarious, disturbing, marvelous, and inspiring things i learned when i read every single word of the bible. Good book is what happens when a regular guyan average jobactually reads the book on which his religion, his culture, and his world are based. Since i hit on all three of these criteria i definitely quality im thinking of buying copies for my whole family. Slate editor david plotz blogged his way through the bible in 2006 and 2007 and has just published good book. At a time when wars are fought over scriptural interpretation, when the influence of the. 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. In short, david plotzs book easily lives up to its name. Jacobs, author of the year of living biblically plotz is a genius writer.

David plotz discusses good book and what he learned blogging the bible. 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. The background of how editor david plotz came to write this book was very interesting to me. A treasure cruise through the good book book summary. Which got him to thinking, has the bible been just a bit oversold as the good book. At a time when wars are fought over scriptural interpretation, when the influence of the religious on american politics has never been greater. Like the bible itself, good book contains multitudesit is by turns thoughtprovoking, funny, enlightening and moving. 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. Good book is a summary of the old testament, told by david plotz, an editor for slate magazine. Latest david plotz quotes from interviews az quotes. David plotzs chapterbychapter, versebyverse riffs on the hebrew bible are by turns entertaining, serious, shallow, profound, literalminded, cute, ingratiating, hilarious. The bizarre, hilarious, disturbing, marvelous, and.