The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth Extracted Textually from the Gospels: The Jefferson Bible (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781926777108)

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
ISBN-10: 1926777107
ISBN-13: 9781926777108
Publisher: Eremitical Press
Language: English
Published: 11/30/2009
Pages: 72
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.22lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.17d
Binding Material: Paper