false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165655821m/8508.jpg 8508 28 Thomas Jefferson believed that the pure-principled teachings of Jesus should have been separated from the dogma and abuse of organized religion of the day. This led him to recast, by cutting and pasting from the gospels, a new narrative of the life and teachings of Jesus, where, according to Jefferson, "there will be found remaining the most sublime and benevolent code of morals which has ever been offered to man." 2995002 1976 The Jefferson Bible: The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth total:166|5:45|4:72|3:34|2:13|1:2| 166 643 353 30 4 1 false false Wed Nov 12 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Oct 14 12:06:52 -0700 2008 Wed Nov 12 17:42:52 -0800 2008 1 purely as a teacher; no chorus of angels marks his birth, he performs no miracles, and the book ends with his burial. The result is a short, 92 page volume that's easy to rea...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Dec 26 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 02 14:16:58 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 02 14:17:16 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 1 true false Wed Jun 25 13:57:58 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 25 14:01:19 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat May 23 11:37:34 -0700 2009 Sun May 24 12:22:49 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 1 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Oct 16 21:44:34 -0700 2007 Tue Oct 16 21:44:34 -0700 2007 3 0 false false Wed Mar 04 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Mar 05 11:25:17 -0800 2009 Thu Mar 05 11:37:58 -0800 2009 1 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Sep 23 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Apr 27 09:02:56 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 23 19:40:02 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Jan 09 16:57:51 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 09 18:24:02 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Sep 21 00:00:00 -0700 2005 Mon May 11 20:17:38 -0700 2009 Mon May 11 20:22:16 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Tue Jun 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 13 19:09:38 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 02 13:33:16 -0700 2009 The Jefferson Bible is basically a distilling of the books of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, removing (most of) the miraculous acts and focusing instead on the words and teachings of Jesus. In this it succeeds quite well, though the language is old and in some places a little hard to follow. The one ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jul 22 17:36:14 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 22 17:55:33 -0700 2008
Think River Tam, only without the effortless brilliance or gove...more...]]> 5 0 true false Sun May 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun May 17 16:41:39 -0700 2009 Sun May 17 16:44:22 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sat May 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri May 01 14:31:39 -0700 2009 Sat May 02 10:35:44 -0700 2009 1 4 0 false false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Mar 13 15:19:03 -0700 2008 Wed Mar 26 07:21:59 -0700 2008 more...]]> 0 0 false false Tue Sep 29 12:58:29 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 29 12:59:40 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Fri Apr 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 13 07:37:43 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 13 07:37:43 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Thu May 28 15:35:03 -0700 2009 Thu May 28 15:36:06 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sat Sep 13 13:52:14 -0700 2008 Sat Sep 13 14:17:56 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Sun Feb 22 15:02:21 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 22 15:03:03 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Mon Jun 09 19:14:32 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 09 19:18:18 -0700 2008 The best summation (from wikipedia): "The Jefferson Bible, or The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth as it is formally titled, was Thomas Jefferson's effort to extract the doctrine of Jesus by removing sections of the New Testament containing supernatural aspects as well as perceived mi...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=8508