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The Jefferson Bible Hardcover Morals of Jesus by Thomas Jefferson Smithsonian Ed
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Features
- Ex-Library
- Original Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781588343123
- Book Title
- Jefferson Bibles, Smithsonian Edition : the Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth
- Publisher
- Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press
- Item Length
- 8.3 in
- Publication Year
- 2011
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 1 in
- Genre
- Religion, Philosophy, History
- Topic
- Christian Theology / Christology, United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800), Biblical Studies / Jesus, the Gospels & Acts, Biblical Biography / New Testament, Political, Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / New Testament, Biblical Studies / New Testament
- Item Weight
- 18 Oz
- Item Width
- 5 in
- Number of Pages
- 200 Pages
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press
ISBN-10
158834312X
ISBN-13
9781588343123
eBay Product ID (ePID)
22038616580
Product Key Features
Book Title
Jefferson Bibles, Smithsonian Edition : the Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth
Number of Pages
200 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Christian Theology / Christology, United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800), Biblical Studies / Jesus, the Gospels & Acts, Biblical Biography / New Testament, Political, Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / New Testament, Biblical Studies / New Testament
Publication Year
2011
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Religion, Philosophy, History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
18 Oz
Item Length
8.3 in
Item Width
5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2011-017356
Reviews
LIBRARY JOURNAL, Starred Review This is a painstakingly produced full-color facsimile of the original volume that Jefferson created, now at the Smithsonian, where it received top-level conservation treatment prior to its high-resolution reproduction here. Jefferson created his version of the New Testament by cutting and pasting from Greek, Latin, French, and English printed texts of the Gospels, which he placed in four parallel columns and accompanied with his marginal notes. This edition also contains two essays: "The History of the Jefferson Bible," in which curators at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History explain Jefferson's intent and his methods, and an essay on the volume's extensive conservation. The passages that Jefferson selected and pasted together present a much-edited, single chronological account of Jesus's life, teachings, and death-ending with Jesus's burial and avoiding redundancies. The passages are those that Jefferson deemed to be supportable by reason. The "History" essay draws parallels between the way Jefferson revised Virginia's laws and the way he revised the Bible. VERDICT Jefferson's Bible has been published before, but never in full facsimile with all its contents. With great cultural importance for all readers from preteens through scholars in American studies, biblical studies, or the Enlightenment, as well as general readers. Also a handsome gift.-Carolyn M. Craft, formerly with Longwood Univ., Farmville, VA BOOKLIST The most famous single book in America was recently taken apart and put back together to retard its further deterioration. In the process, it was digitally photographed cover to cover, which is why this edition exists. Better than those based on normal photography, this full-color reproduction of The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth Extracted Textually from the Gospels in Greek, Latin, French & English , as its compiler, Thomas Jefferson, calls it on the handwritten title page, shows what it really looks like. As the three authors of the accompanying essays on the history and the conservation of the DIY parallel-text edition concur, its tidiness is a tribute to the third president's steady hand and keen eye at age 77. Intellectually, it embodies his rationalist respect for Christianity as a moral system, not a religion. Excluding everything miraculous in the Gospels, thereby sifting, Jefferson said, "diamonds" from "a dunghill," it establishes that one Founding Father, at least, was not a biblical inerrantist. A lovely addition to thoroughgoing Americana collections. - Ray Olson
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
232.9
Synopsis
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.
LC Classification Number
BT304.95.J44 2011
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- Jun 12, 2023Top favourable review
The Smithsonian version of the Jefferson Bible - An interesting take on the words of the Master.
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