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The Jefferson Bible : a biography /
"In his retirement, Thomas Jefferson edited the New Testament with a penknife and glue, removing all mention of miracles and other supernatural events. Inspired by the ideals of the Enlightenment, Jefferson hoped to reconcile Christian tradition with reason by presenting Jesus of Nazareth as a...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton :
Princeton University Press,
[2020]
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| Colección: | Lives of great religious books.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Author's Note and Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Excavating the Sacred
- Chapter 1. Sharpening the Blade
- Chapter 2. Making the Cut
- Chapter 3. The Quest for the Jeffersonian Jesus
- Chapter 4. Lost and Found
- Chapter 5. Born Again
- Chapter 6. Social Engineering
- Chapter 7. Congressional Inheritances
- Chapter 8. Jefferson, Jesus, and the Sixties
- Chapter 9. Choose Your Own Adventure
- Epilogue: Bible as Barrow
- Illustrations
- Notes
- Index