About this title: Early in the nineteenth century, as part of his lifelong religious quest, Thomas Jefferson cut, rearranged, and pasted together the passages from the Christian gospels that he believed to be true. The result, "The Jefferson Bible", is a fascinating religious document as well as an insight into the mind of one of America's greatest presidents.
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Beacon Press
Date Published: 1989
ISBN-13:9780807077023ISBN:080707702X
Description: Church, Forrest. Good. No dust jacket. Hardcover; Good condition; Printed Text VG; no DJ; some sunning to top of cover; some shelfwear; (shelf G35); 171p; "Thomas Jefferson went through the Gospels and cut out and pasted together only those passages that made sense to him"; read more
Binding: Hard
Publisher: Beacon Pr, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780807077023ISBN:080707702X
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. Presidents Clean, tight. Minor edgewear on DJ and book; DJ has 1" tear on front fold and is price clipped; first page has inscription in dark marker; only notable flaws. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Beacon Press
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780807077023ISBN:080707702X
Description: Church, Forrest. Fine in very good dust jacket. Near fine jacket shows slight edge wear. Clean and unmarked inside, tightly bound. Text in English, French, Greek, Ancient (to 1453), Latin. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. Audience: General/trade. read more
Description: Fine; Collectible. Excellent condition. Appears unread. No writings/underlines/highlights. Pages are very nice and clean. Free track! Satisfaction guarenteed! Fast ing! read more
Description: Good. 080707702X Good condition. May have some markings & or shelfwear. All pages intact. Used items may not include extras such as infotrac, CD or other web access codes. read more
"Brilliant editing...when considered with his design for the University of Virginia grounds sheds light on TJ's careful consideration, no, critical inquiry into the spectrum of 18th c norms. Everything is in play with reason the blade that carves the irrelevant and nonsense from core truths. UVA is an architectural analog. Though it can be debated that it is less successful as a unified work because it is new, untested function from an old form (a core campus from a Roman temple and forum), it is a gathering of edited architectural pieces (pavilions) around a new social space ruled by a Temple of reason open to the physical and intellectual frontier (west). I find both the JB and UVA profoundly inspiring as an imagining and creation of a more perfect present from a critically examined past. We need more of this now!"
"Very impressive re-reading of the Gospels according to Thomas Jefferson - a deist's look at the life & sayings of a great teacher, clearly something that would have been deeply offensive to some voters in his day - and to this day, too. Brilliant work, good intro and affrterwords also."
"This is one of history's truly great books. Thomas Jefferson, a Unitarian, believed in Jesus of Nazareth's teachings and the moral compass of his life example. He did not believe in Jesus' miracles, magic and hocus pocus. The story begins with his birth and ends with his death. Jefferson cut out all the magic tricks, and the silly pagan nonsense that Christians like to claim is essential to their faith."
"Interesting. Thomas Jefferson combined the stories and sayings of Jesus from the four gospels, removing the material relating to miracles and God and leaving a story of Jesus as a wise and good man who taught revolutionary ideas and was executed for it."
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