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This enhanced version of the jefferson bible includes jefferson s original letter to the danbury baptists about the separation of church and state. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the jefferson bible. The gospel of thomas was written in 340 in coptic, but the foundations are earlier oral traditions. Jefferson finished his bible in approximately 1819. Thomas jefferson regarded jesus as a moral guide rather than a divinity and in the jefferson bible he highlights christs ethical teachings from the gospels. The american public was nearly deprived of the opportunity to read this book. It was an article of thomas jefferson s faith that no government should interfere in anyones private religious beliefs. This is thomas jefferson s attempt at editing the gospels into a single, coherent narrative. Thomas jefferson regarded jesus as a moral guide rather than a divinity, and in the jefferson bible, he highlights christs ethical teachings from the gospels. Download pdf thomas jefferson s bible free online new.
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