The Jefferson Bible

The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth
Extracted Textually from the Gospels

Compiled by Thomas Jefferson

• The original Jefferson Bible, as reprinted by N. D. Thompson Publishing Co. in 1902.
• Jefferson's syllabus for his work (cached).
• Introduction to Jefferson's work by Eyler Robert Coates, Sr. (cached).

  "Thomas Jefferson believed that the ethical system of Jesus was the finest the world has ever seen."

• The Coates/Jefferson Bible: The Gospel selections chosen by Jefferson with updated King James Version Revised text (exact version not specified), by Eyler Robert Coates, Sr.
• Table of texts used by Jefferson in the construction of his work.
• Wikipedia description and commentary on Jeffersons work.
• History of the work, as told by the Smithsonian Institution

• The Basic Text of the Jefferson Bible is also available in a single 292 Kbyte .doc file, suitable for saving to your hard drive. It should be possible to read this file on any word processor in existence. The Jefferson Bible is also available in a 161 Kbyte plain text .txt file, which can easily be read in any format that accepts large ASCII text files (such as Wordpad in Windows).

• The Jefferson Bible may be downloaded to your hard drive in Word or text formats.

• How to Purchase a Print Copy of The Jefferson Bible Editions available from Amazon.com.

• Jefferson FAQ: Hundreds of questions and answers related to Thomas Jefferson and his writings.

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Recently Published New Book Completely Discredits the Case for a Jefferson-Hemings Relationship (cached) Click here to read more. For some great political thoughts, visit: Thomas Jefferson on Politics & Government Over 2,700 excerpts from Jefferson's writings describe the founding principles of American self- government. For an engaging biography of Jefferson, visit: Rayner's Life of Thomas Jefferson B. L. Rayner's lively and interesting biography, published in 1834, emphasizes the role of republican principles in Jefferson's life and thought. And for some extended comments on Jefferson's ideas: The Jeffersonian Perspective Commentary on today's social and political issues based on the writings of Thomas Jefferson.