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The Jefferson Bible : the life and morals of Jesus of Nazareth

Featuring an introduction by Pulitzer Prize nominee Forrest Church, this reissue of The Jefferson Bible offers extraordinary insight into the logic of Thomas Jefferson and the Gospel of Jesus. Working in the White House in 1804, Jefferson set out to edit the Gospels in order to uncover the essence of true religion in the simple story of the life of Jesus. The president was convinced that the authentic message of Jesus could be found only by extracting from the Gospels Jesus' message of absolute love and service, which was not dependent on the annunciation, virgin birth, or even the resurrection. Completed in 1819, this little book is the remarkable result of Jefferson's efforts
Print Book, English, 1989
Beacon Press, Boston, 1989
Biography
x, 171 pages : facsimiles ; 18 cm
9780807077016, 9780807077023, 9780807077146, 0807077011, 080707702X, 0807077143
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Gospel according to Thomas Jefferson / Forrest Church
Table of texts
Life and morals of Jesus of Nazareth
Jefferson and his contemporaries / Jaroslav Pelikan
Index of extracts from the New Testament
Chiefly English; little French, Greek, and Latin
Originally published as: The life and morals of Jesus of Nazareth. Washington, D.C. : U.S.G.P.O., 1904
Includes index