The Jefferson Bible - The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth

In the early nineteenth century Thomas Jefferson, third President of the United States and principal author of the Declaration of Independence, conceived the idea of extracting a gospel purified of what he saw as extraneous philosophical, mythological, and theological elements. To do so, he took verses from the four canonical gospels and arranged them into a single narrative, focusing on the actual words of Jesus. This work was never published during Jefferson's lifetime, but was inherited by his grandson and printed for the first time in the early twentieth century. The original bound manuscript, often referred to as "the Jefferson Bible," is held by the United States National Museum in Washington.

Author: Thomas Jefferson
Publisher: Creative Commons
Published: 08/09/2013
Pages: 178
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.59lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.41d
ISBN13: 9781940177311
ISBN10: 1940177316
BISAC Categories:
- Religion | Biblical Studies | New Testament | General
- Religion | Religion, Politics & State
- Religion | Biblical Commentary | New Testament | General

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