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The Jefferson Bible / by Thomas Jefferson ; with an introduction by Percival Everett.

Title
  1. The Jefferson Bible / by Thomas Jefferson ; with an introduction by Percival Everett.
Published by
  1. New York : Akashic Books, c2004.
Author
  1. Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826

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Additional authors
  1. Everett, Percival
Description
  1. 120 p. : facsim.; 18 cm.
Summary
  1. 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. -- Publisher.
Series statement
  1. Akashic U.S. presidents series
Uniform title
  1. Life and morals of Jesus of Nazareth
  2. Bible. Gospels. English. 2004.
  3. Bible. Gospels. Selections. English. 2004.
  4. Akashic U.S. Presidents series
Alternative title
  1. Life and morals of Jesus of Nazareth
  2. Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth Extracted textually from the Gospels in Greek, Latin French & English
Subject
  1. Jesus Christ > Rationalistic interpretations
  2. Jesus Christ > Biography > Sources, Biblical
  3. Jesus Christ > Teachings
  4. Jesus Christ > History of doctrines > 18th century
  5. Jesus Christ > History of doctrines > 19th century
  6. Bible. > Criticism, interpretation, etc
  7. Bible. > Criticism, interpretation, etc. > History > 18th century
  8. Bible. > Criticism, interpretation, etc. > History > 19th century
  9. 1700-1899
Genre/Form
  1. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
  2. History
Contents
  1. 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.
Owning institution
  1. Harvard Library
Note
  1. Cover title.
  2. Original title page: "The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth Extracted textually from the Gospels in Greek, Latin French & English."--Cf. p. [7].
  3. The original of the Jefferson Bible is housed at the Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American History, Division of Social History.
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