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blogging the bibleBlogging the BibleWhat's really in the Good Book.22141046biblefalsefalsespacernotembeddedblogging the bibleGood BookDavid PlotzWhat I learned from reading the entire Bible.noGood BookWhat I learned from reading the entire Bible.noIn 2006 and 2007, David Plotz blogged the Bible for Slate, starting with "In the beginning …" and reading right through to the end. This week, Plotz publishes Good Book: The Bizarre, Hilarious, Disturbing, Marvelous, and Inspiring Things I Learned When I Read Every Single Word of the Bible, a book sparked by the Slate project. You can buy Good Book here. The following is adapted from the book.truenotochyperlinkno200932115438AMMondayMarMarch113/2/2009 4:54:38 PM63371591678000000020093365804AMTuesdayMarMarch63/3/2009 11:58:04 AM633716602840000000blogging the bibleThe Complete Blogging the BibleThe Complete Blogging the BibleThe complete Blogging the Bible.David Plotz0I began a year ago with "In the beginning …" and I'm finally done.The Book of 2 Chroniclesnonotruenonotochyperlinkno20076654628PMWednesdayJunJune176/6/2007 9:46:28 PM63316748788000000020076654628PMWednesdayJunJune176/6/2007 9:46:28 PM633167487880000000blogging the bibleThe Complete Book of 1 ChroniclesThe Complete Book of 1 ChroniclesMeet the Bible's Delta Force.David Plotz0Meet the Bible's Delta Force.The Book of 1 Chronicles I'm feeling pretty bummed reading First and Second Chronicles, because they are the last books of the Hebrew Bible, and thus mark the end of Blogging the Bible—at least for now. I wish my Bible finished with more spark—with a book like Jonah or Esther or Job. Instead, I'm stuck with the tedium of Chronicles. Chronicles are an odd pair of books, more an appendix to the rest of the Bible than their own thing. The Christian Bible groups Chronicles with the other historical books in the middle of the Old Testament. But Jews shove Chronicles into the trunk, at the very end of our Bible. The Jewish way makes more sense, I suspect. That's because Chronicles is largely a rehash of other books, mostly Samuel and Kings, but told more quickly and with less flair. It doesn't rate a place of honor.nonotruenonotochyperlinkno2007529123153PMTuesdayMayMay125/29/2007 4:31:53 PM6331603871300000002007529123546PMTuesdayMayMay125/29/2007 4:35:46 PM633160389460000000blogging the bibleThe Complete Blogging the BibleDavid PlotzSo far.noThe Complete Blogging the BibleThe complete Blogging the Bible, so far.noIntroductiontruenotochyperlinkno2006921115642AMThursdaySepSeptember119/21/2006 3:56:42 PM6329443660200000002007529123153PMTuesdayMayMay125/29/2007 4:31:53 PM633160387130000000blogging the bibleThe Complete Book of NehemiahThe Complete Book of NehemiahMeet the Bible's only Arab. Guess what he and the Jews think of each other.David Plotz0Meet the Bible's only Arab. Guess what he and the Jews think of each other.The Book of Nehemiahnonotruenonotochyperlinkno2007522122949PMTuesdayMayMay125/22/2007 4:29:49 PM6331543378900000002007522123103PMTuesdayMayMay125/22/2007 4:31:03 PM633154338630000000200651670052AMTuesdayMayMay75/16/2006 11:00:52 AM632833596520000000200742521923PMWednesdayAprApril144/25/2007 6:19:23 PM633131075630000000falsetruetruetruetruetruetrue200654103722AMThursdayMayMay105/4/2006 2:37:22 PM632823358420000000200651670052AMTuesdayMayMay75/16/2006 11:00:52 AM632833596520000000

blogging the bibleBlogging the BibleWhat's really in the Good Book.22141046biblefalsefalsespacernotembeddedblogging the bibleGood BookDavid PlotzWhat I learned from reading the entire Bible.noGood BookWhat I learned from reading the entire Bible.noIn 2006 and 2007, David Plotz blogged the Bible for Slate, starting with "In the beginning …" and reading right through to the end. This week, Plotz publishes Good Book: The Bizarre, Hilarious, Disturbing, Marvelous, and Inspiring Things I Learned When I Read Every Single Word of the Bible, a book sparked by the Slate project. You can buy Good Book here. The following is adapted from the book.truenotochyperlinkno200932115438AMMondayMarMarch113/2/2009 4:54:38 PM63371591678000000020093365804AMTuesdayMarMarch63/3/2009 11:58:04 AM633716602840000000blogging the bibleThe Complete Blogging the BibleThe Complete Blogging the BibleThe complete Blogging the Bible.David Plotz0I began a year ago with "In the beginning …" and I'm finally done.The Book of 2 Chroniclesnonotruenonotochyperlinkno20076654628PMWednesdayJunJune176/6/2007 9:46:28 PM63316748788000000020076654628PMWednesdayJunJune176/6/2007 9:46:28 PM633167487880000000blogging the bibleThe Complete Book of 1 ChroniclesThe Complete Book of 1 ChroniclesMeet the Bible's Delta Force.David Plotz0Meet the Bible's Delta Force.The Book of 1 Chronicles I'm feeling pretty bummed reading First and Second Chronicles, because they are the last books of the Hebrew Bible, and thus mark the end of Blogging the Bible—at least for now. I wish my Bible finished with more spark—with a book like Jonah or Esther or Job. Instead, I'm stuck with the tedium of Chronicles. Chronicles are an odd pair of books, more an appendix to the rest of the Bible than their own thing. The Christian Bible groups Chronicles with the other historical books in the middle of the Old Testament. But Jews shove Chronicles into the trunk, at the very end of our Bible. The Jewish way makes more sense, I suspect. That's because Chronicles is largely a rehash of other books, mostly Samuel and Kings, but told more quickly and with less flair. It doesn't rate a place of honor.nonotruenonotochyperlinkno2007529123153PMTuesdayMayMay125/29/2007 4:31:53 PM6331603871300000002007529123546PMTuesdayMayMay125/29/2007 4:35:46 PM633160389460000000blogging the bibleThe Complete Blogging the BibleDavid PlotzSo far.noThe Complete Blogging the BibleThe complete Blogging the Bible, so far.noIntroductiontruenotochyperlinkno2006921115642AMThursdaySepSeptember119/21/2006 3:56:42 PM6329443660200000002007529123153PMTuesdayMayMay125/29/2007 4:31:53 PM633160387130000000blogging the bibleThe Complete Book of NehemiahThe Complete Book of NehemiahMeet the Bible's only Arab. Guess what he and the Jews think of each other.David Plotz0Meet the Bible's only Arab. Guess what he and the Jews think of each other.The Book of Nehemiahnonotruenonotochyperlinkno2007522122949PMTuesdayMayMay125/22/2007 4:29:49 PM6331543378900000002007522123103PMTuesdayMayMay125/22/2007 4:31:03 PM633154338630000000200651670052AMTuesdayMayMay75/16/2006 11:00:52 AM632833596520000000200742521923PMWednesdayAprApril144/25/2007 6:19:23 PM633131075630000000falsetruetruetruetruetruetrue200654103722AMThursdayMayMay105/4/2006 2:37:22 PM632823358420000000200651670052AMTuesdayMayMay75/16/2006 11:00:52 AM632833596520000000

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