The Jefferson Bible
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
Biography
120 pages : facsimile ; 18 cm.
9781888451627, 1888451629
56433993
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
Cover title
Original title page: "The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth Extracted textually from the Gospels in Greek, Latin French & English."--Page 7
The original of the Jefferson Bible is housed at the Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American History, Division of Social History