A. J. Jacobs, the man who read the encyclopedia and wrote about it in “The Know-It-All” took on an even bigger challenge: follow the Bible literally for a year. He compiled a list of over 700 rules and attempted to obey each one. The result is both humorous and insightful. Jacobs – self-described secular Jew – respectfully explores the border between faith and secularism and emerges a better, or at least more thoughtful, man.