![]() He implemented as many of them as he could. For the first eight months he focused exclusively on the Old Testament, looking through the Bible to find even the most obscure laws. To that end he decided to study the Bible and seek to understand its every rule. He set out on this quest to determine how religion could impact a life. After the birth of his son, though, Jacobs began to wonder if teaching his son about religion would scar him or make him a better person. ![]() Jacobs is Jewish by birth but grew up in a family that did not practice the faith, or not seriously at any rate. Like its predecessor, this book has sold very well, quickly making its way onto the lists of bestsellers. In his second book, The Year of Living Biblically, he dedicates a year to attempting to follow every rule and law in the Bible. He documented his year-long journey through the Encyclopedia in a bestselling book titled The Know-It-All. Several years ago he decided to read Encyclopedia Brittanica from cover to cover, apparently in a quest to become the smartest person in the world (though a subsequent attempt to prove his knowledge on “Who Wants To Be a Millionaire?” showed that he had a long way to go (he missed the $32,000 question). ![]() Jacobs, an editor at Esquire, must have a lot of time on his hands. ![]()
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