The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth Extracted Textually from the Gospels: The Jefferson Bible
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    By: Thomas Jefferson(ED.)

The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth Extracted Textually from the Gospels: The Jefferson Bible

Edited By: Thomas Jefferson
Eremitical Press / 2009 / Paperback

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The Jefferson Bible, or The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth as it is formally titled, was Thomas Jefferson's effort to extract what he considered the pertinent doctrine of Jesus by removing sections of the New Testament containing supernatural aspects as well as perceived misinterpretations he believed had been added by the Four Evangelists.

Using a razor, Jefferson cut and arranged selected verses from the books of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John in chronological order, mingling excerpts from one text to those of another in order to create a single narrative. After completion of The Life and Morals, about 1820, Jefferson shared it with a number of friends, but he never allowed it to be published during his lifetime. The most complete form Jefferson produced was inherited by his grandson, Thomas Jefferson Randolph, and was published in 1895 by the National Museum in Washington.

Once published in black-and-white facsimile by the Government Printing Office in 1900 as a gift for new members of Congress, The Jefferson Bible has never before been published in color in its complete form. The Jefferson Bible, Smithsonian Edition is an exact facsimile reproduction based on the original copy in the Smithsonian collections. The Jefferson Bible, Smithsonian Edition is as beautiful an object as was so painstakingly crafted by Thomas Jefferson himself.

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Title: The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth Extracted Textually from the Gospels: The Jefferson Bible
By: Thomas Jefferson(ED.)
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 72
Vendor: Eremitical Press
Publication Date: 2009
Dimensions: 5.51 X 8.50 X 0.17 (inches)
Weight: 4 ounces
ISBN: 1926777107
ISBN-13: 9781926777108
Stock No: WW777108

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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.

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