The Jefferson Bible

by Thomas Jefferson, Percival Everett (Introduction)

Overview

An atheist’s analysis of the Founding Father’s document on deism and the philosophy of Jesus.

Unlike any other presidential commentaries in print, Akashic’s US Presidents series pairs the writings of these American historical figures with contemporary commentators whose critical viewpoints provide a counterbalance to the overly reverent and conservative analyses that invariably accompany presidential writings.

In this volume, Percival Everett, acclaimed author of such novels as Telephone and Erasure and PEN/Faulkner Award finalist, takes an atheist’s-eye-view of the little-known “Jefferson Bible,” the third president’s response to the King James Bible.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781617752193
Publisher:	Akashic Books
Publication date:	05/26/2021
Series:	Akashic U.S. Presidents Series
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	65
Sales rank:	422,579
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Percival Everett is the author of fifteen works of fiction, among them GLYPH, WATERSHED, GOD'S COUNTRY and FRENZY. His most recent novel ERASURE won the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award and did little to earn him friends.

Editorial Reviews

Mitch Horowitz gives a sober and serious reading of this “Gospel according to Thomas [Jefferson].” Concentrating solely on the moral philosophy of Jesus, Jefferson in about 1803 begin a compilation of the life of Jesus from the four Gospels by removing any references to the supernatural and putting into chronological order incidents from Jesus’s life as well as his teachings. This edition also includes the introduction from the 1940 edition by Douglas Lurton, which provides historical background to this work. Horowitz’s commendable performance is suited to the text; his performance is even-keeled and quite rational, with suitable inflection in dialogue and a deliberate pace in the narrative sections. M.T.F. © AudioFile 2012, Portland, Maine

FEBRUARY 2012 - AudioFile

Mitch Horowitz gives a sober and serious reading of this “Gospel according to Thomas [Jefferson].” Concentrating solely on the moral philosophy of Jesus, Jefferson in about 1803 begin a compilation of the life of Jesus from the four Gospels by removing any references to the supernatural and putting into chronological order incidents from Jesus’s life as well as his teachings. This edition also includes the introduction from the 1940 edition by Douglas Lurton, which provides historical background to this work. Horowitz’s commendable performance is suited to the text; his performance is even-keeled and quite rational, with suitable inflection in dialogue and a deliberate pace in the narrative sections. M.T.F. © AudioFile 2012, Portland, Maine

FEBRUARY 2012 - AudioFile