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The Jefferson Bible / by Thomas Jefferson ; with an introduction by Percival Everett.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.
- Series:
- Akashic U.S. Presidents series
- Akashic U.S. presidents series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Jesus Christ--Rationalistic interpretations.
- Jesus Christ.
- Bible. Gospels.
- Rationalistic interpretations of Jesus Christ.
- Bible. Gospels--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bible.
- Jesus Christ--Biography--Sources, Biblical.
- Biography.
- Jesus Christ--Teachings.
- Teachings.
- Jesus Christ--History of doctrines--18th century.
- Jesus Christ--History of doctrines--19th century.
- Bible. Gospels--Criticism, interpretation, etc--History--18th century.
- Bible. Gospels--Criticism, interpretation, etc--History--19th century.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 120 pages : facsimile ; 18 cm.
- Other Title:
- Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth Extracted textually from the Gospels in Greek, Latin French & English
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Akashic Books, [2004]
- Summary:
- Completed in 1819, Thomas Jefferson's revision of the Bible's four Gospels, which he literally cut-and-pasted together, is presented here in its entirety, with an introduction by award-winning novelist Percival Everett. Unable to fully resolve the contradictions of the third President's moral code and religious preoccupations, Everett imagines a trip east to Monticello to challenge Jefferson directly. Thomas Jefferson served as the third President of the United States of America from 1801 to 1809. He was born in Shadwell, Virginia, on April 13, 1743 and died in Monticello, Virginia, on July 4, 1826, exactly fifty years after the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
- Contents:
- Introduction / by Percival Everett
- Thomas Jefferson letter to Dr. Benjamin Rush
- Syllabus of an estimate of the merit of the doctrines of Jesus, compared with those of others / by Thomas Jefferson
- Thomas Jefferson letter to William Short
- The Jefferson Bible: The life and morals of Jesus of Nazareth extracted textually from the Gospels / compiled by Thomas Jefferson.
- Notes:
- Cover title.
- Original title page: "The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth Extracted textually from the Gospels in Greek, Latin French & English."--Cf. p. [7].
- The original of the Jefferson Bible is housed at the Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American History, Division of Social History.
- Contains:
- Bible. Gospels. English. 2004.
- Bible. Gospels. Selections. 2004.
- ISBN:
- 1888451629
- OCLC:
- 56433993
- Publisher Number:
- 9781888451627
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