A review by zosiablue
You Shall Be as Gods by Erich Fromm

4.0

I still don’t believe in God but I really liked this book. And I’m always here for the Old Testament, that grumpy chestnut. Fromm interprets scripture in a way that really appeals to me - like, humans are meant to turn into God, not just be made in his image. God is jealous at first because humans are his competition! (This is just one concept that spoke to me.) I loved the bits on the true purpose of the Sabbath - to have one day where time isn’t your master, where you keep nature undisturbed and live out of phase. How cool and lovely. This makes me want to keep digging, for whatever I’m looking for in these things.