The Jefferson Bible by Thomas Jefferson (ISBN:0807077143)

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		The Jefferson Bible
	
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			Thomas Jefferson		
	
The Life and Morals of Jesus of NazarethIntroduction by Forrest Church In 1794, President Thomas Jefferson set out to uncover the essence of true...more
 The Life and Morals of Jesus of NazarethIntroduction by Forrest Church In 1794, President Thomas Jefferson set out to uncover the essence of true religion from the Gospels by extracting Jesus' message of absolute love and service from the annunciation, virgin birth, and even the resurrection. Completed in 1819, this little book is the result of Jefferson's efforts."Gives us a preaching Jesus of distinctly human dimensions, without miracles or resurrection [A] fascinating document, telling us a great deal about a great eighteenth century mind and its world."-Charles S. Adams, Religious Studies Review   less

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few weeks ago

Thomas Jefferson debugged the Bible. He selected only the words of Jesus Christ and historical facts relating to his life, which he assembled into, The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth. This edition contains only the English. Jefferson's original version displays the text in four columns of English, Greek, Latin, and French. This edition contains some great insight and historical...more

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few weeks ago

Illogicalities of the New Testament got you down? Try this...a copy of which is given to all freshman Congressman; too bad most of them probably don't read it. Jefferson removed all of the inconsistencies and improbable miracles to find the real story of a simple, moral man.

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