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vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><i>Jefferson Bible</i></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Jefferson_Bible.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Jefferson_Bible.jpg/220px-Jefferson_Bible.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="333" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Jefferson_Bible.jpg/330px-Jefferson_Bible.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Jefferson_Bible.jpg/440px-Jefferson_Bible.jpg 2x" data-file-width="475" data-file-height="720" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">The title page of the <i>Jefferson Bible</i>, written in Jefferson's hand, reads: <i>The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth Extracted Textually from the Gospels in Greek, Latin, French & English</i>.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;">Material</th><td class="infobox-data">Red <a href="/wiki/Morocco_leather" title="Morocco leather">Morocco goatskin leather</a>, handmade <a href="/wiki/Wove_paper" title="Wove paper">wove paper</a>, <a href="/wiki/Iron_gall_ink" title="Iron gall ink">iron gall ink</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;">Size</th><td class="infobox-data">8.3 in × 5.2 in × 1.3 in (21.1 cm × 13.2 cm × 3.3 cm)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;">Writing</th><td class="infobox-data">Greek, Latin, French, and English</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;">Created</th><td class="infobox-data"><abbr title="circa">c.</abbr> 1819, at <a href="/wiki/Monticello" title="Monticello">Monticello</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;">Discovered</th><td class="infobox-data">Acquired by the <a href="/wiki/Smithsonian_Institution" title="Smithsonian Institution">Smithsonian Institution</a> in 1895</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;">Present location</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/National_Museum_of_American_History" title="National Museum of American History">Smithsonian National Museum of American History</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://americanhistory.si.edu/jeffersonbible/">Smithsonian National Museum of American History: Thomas Jefferson's Bible</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i><b>The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth</b></i>, commonly referred to as the <i><b>Jefferson Bible</b></i>, is one of two religious works constructed by <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson" title="Thomas Jefferson">Thomas Jefferson</a>. Jefferson compiled the manuscripts but never published them. The first, <i><b>The Philosophy of Jesus of Nazareth</b></i>, was completed in 1804, but no copies exist today.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The second, <i>The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth</i>, was completed in 1820 by cutting and pasting, with a razor and glue, numerous sections from the <a href="/wiki/New_Testament" title="New Testament">New Testament</a> as extractions of the doctrine of Jesus. Jefferson's condensed composition excludes all <a href="/wiki/Miracles_of_Jesus" title="Miracles of Jesus">miracles by Jesus</a> and most mentions of the <a href="/wiki/Supernatural" title="Supernatural">supernatural</a>, including sections of the four <a href="/wiki/Gospels" class="mw-redirect" title="Gospels">gospels</a> that contain the <a href="/wiki/Resurrection_of_Jesus" title="Resurrection of Jesus">Resurrection</a> and most other miracles, and passages that portray Jesus as divine.<sup id="cite_ref-Quartz_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Quartz-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_draft">Early draft</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jefferson_Bible&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early draft"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In an 1803 letter to <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Priestley" title="Joseph Priestley">Joseph Priestley</a>, Jefferson stated that he conceived the idea of writing his view of the "Christian System" in a conversation with <a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Rush" title="Benjamin Rush">Benjamin Rush</a> during 1798–99. He proposes beginning with a review of the morals of the ancient philosophers, moving on to the "<a href="/wiki/Deism" title="Deism">deism</a> and ethics of the Jews", and concluding with the "principles of a pure deism" taught by Jesus, "omitting the question of his deity". Jefferson explains that he does not have the time, and urges the task on Priestley as the person best equipped to accomplish it.<sup id="cite_ref-Correspondence_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Correspondence-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Jefferson accomplished a more limited goal in 1804 with <i>The Philosophy of Jesus of Nazareth</i>, the predecessor to <i>The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He described it in a letter to <a href="/wiki/John_Adams" title="John Adams">John Adams</a> dated October 12, 1813:<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>In extracting the pure principles which he taught, we should have to strip off the artificial vestments in which they have been muffled by priests, who have travestied them into various forms, as instruments of riches and power to them. We must dismiss the <a href="/wiki/Platonism" title="Platonism">Platonists</a> & <a href="/wiki/Plotinus" title="Plotinus">Plotinists</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Aristotle" title="Aristotle">Stagyrites</a> & <a href="/wiki/Gamaliel" title="Gamaliel">Gamalielites</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Eclectics" class="mw-redirect" title="Eclectics">Eclectics</a> the <a href="/wiki/Gnostics" class="mw-redirect" title="Gnostics">Gnostics</a> & <a href="/wiki/Scholastics" class="mw-redirect" title="Scholastics">Scholastics</a>, <a href="/wiki/Logos_(Christianity)" title="Logos (Christianity)">Logos</a> & <a href="/wiki/Demiurge" title="Demiurge">Demi-urgos</a>, <a href="/wiki/Aeon" title="Aeon">Aeons</a> & <a href="/wiki/Daimon" title="Daimon">Daemons</a> male & female, with a long train of Etc. Etc. Etc. or, shall I say at once, of Nonsense. We must reduce our volume to the simple evangelists, select, even from them, the very words only of Jesus, paring off the Amphibologisms into which they have been led, by forgetting often, or not understanding, what had fallen from him, by giving their own misconceptions as his dicta, and expressing unintelligibly for others what they had not understood themselves. There will be found remaining the most sublime and benevolent code of morals which has ever been offered to man. I have performed this operation for my own use, by cutting verse by verse out of the printed book, and arranging the matter which is evidently his, and which is as easily distinguishable as diamonds in a dunghill. The result is an <a href="/wiki/Octavo" title="Octavo">8vo</a> of 46 pages of pure and unsophisticated doctrines</p></blockquote> <p>Jefferson wrote that "The doctrines which flowed from the lips of Jesus Himself are within the comprehension of a child".<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He explained these doctrines were such as were "professed & acted on by the unlettered apostles, the Apostolic fathers, and the Christians of the 1st century".<sup id="cite_ref-Correspondence_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Correspondence-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In a letter to Reverend Charles Clay, he described his results: </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>Probably you have heard me say I had taken the <a href="/wiki/Four_Evangelists" title="Four Evangelists">four Evangelists</a>, had cut out from them every text they had recorded of the moral precepts of Jesus, and arranged them in a certain order; and although they appeared but as fragments, yet fragments of the most sublime edifice of morality which had ever been exhibited to man.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>Jefferson never referred to his work as a Bible, and the full title of this 1804 version was <i>The Philosophy of Jesus of Nazareth, being Extracted from the Account of His Life and Doctrines Given by Matthew, Mark, Luke and John; Being an Abridgement of the New Testament for the Use of the Indians, Unembarrased [uncomplicated] with Matters of Fact or Faith beyond the Level of their Comprehensions.</i><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Jefferson frequently expressed discontent with this earlier version, which was merely a compilation of the moral teachings of Jesus. <i>The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth</i> represents the fulfillment of his desire to produce a more carefully assembled edition which includes what, in his estimation, can be known of the life of Jesus, whose deeds were the embodiment of his teachings. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Content">Content</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jefferson_Bible&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Content"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Using a razor and glue, Jefferson cut and pasted his arrangement of selected verses from a 1794 bilingual Latin/Greek version using the text of the <a href="/wiki/Plantin_Polyglot" title="Plantin Polyglot">Plantin Polyglot</a>, a French Geneva Bible and the <a href="/wiki/King_James_Version" title="King James Version">King James Version</a><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> of the gospels of <a href="/wiki/Gospel_of_Matthew" title="Gospel of Matthew">Matthew</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gospel_of_Mark" title="Gospel of Mark">Mark</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gospel_of_Luke" title="Gospel of Luke">Luke</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Gospel_of_John" title="Gospel of John">John</a> in chronological order—putting together excerpts from one text with those of another to create a single narrative. Thus he begins with Luke 2 and Luke 3, then follows with Mark 1 and Matthew 3. He provides a record of which verses he selected, and of the order he chose in his <i>Table of the Texts from the Evangelists employed in this Narrative and of the order of their arrangement</i>. </p><p>Consistent with his <a href="/wiki/Metaphysical_naturalism" title="Metaphysical naturalism">naturalistic</a> outlook and intent, most supernatural events are not included in Jefferson's heavily edited compilation. Paul K. Conkin states that "For the teachings of Jesus he concentrated on his milder admonitions (the Sermon on the Mount) and his most memorable parables. What resulted is a reasonably coherent, but at places oddly truncated, biography. If necessary to exclude the miraculous, Jefferson would cut the text even in mid-verse."<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Historian <a href="/wiki/Edwin_Gaustad" title="Edwin Gaustad">Edwin Scott Gaustad</a> explains, "If a moral lesson was embedded in a miracle, the lesson survived in Jeffersonian scripture, but the miracle did not. Even when this took some rather careful cutting with scissors or razor, Jefferson managed to maintain Jesus' role as a great moral teacher, not as a <a href="/wiki/Shaman" class="mw-redirect" title="Shaman">shaman</a> or faith healer."<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Therefore, <i>The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth</i> begins with an account of Jesus' birth without references to <a href="/wiki/Angel" title="Angel">angels</a> (at that time), <a href="/wiki/Genealogy" title="Genealogy">genealogy</a>, or <a href="/wiki/Prophecy" title="Prophecy">prophecy</a>. <a href="/wiki/Miracle" title="Miracle">Miracles</a>, references to the <a href="/wiki/Trinity" title="Trinity">Trinity</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Divinity" title="Divinity">divinity</a> of Jesus, and Jesus' <a href="/wiki/Resurrection" title="Resurrection">resurrection</a> are also absent from his collection.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The work ends with the words: "Now, in the place where He was crucified, there was a garden; and in the garden a new sepulchre, wherein was never man yet laid. There laid they Jesus. And rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre, and departed." These words correspond to the ending of John 19 in the Bible. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Purpose">Purpose</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jefferson_Bible&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Purpose"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Religious_views_of_Thomas_Jefferson" title="Religious views of Thomas Jefferson">Religious views of Thomas Jefferson</a></div> <p>Commenting on how Jefferson's interest in Jesus and the Bible changed over time, Mark Holowchak writes that "[t]here is what might be called his <i>literary-criticism phase</i> of his salad years and his <i>naturalized-religion phase</i> of his later, more mature years. In his literary-criticism phase, Jefferson's interest in the Bible is critical... The Bible is a significant work of literature that is taken literally by millions, in spite of numerous hyperboles and absurdities. Thus, it is as good a book as any, and much better than most, on which to hone one's critical skills."<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Here Jefferson follows the lead of Lord Bolingbroke whose religious views Jefferson commonplaced abundantly earlier in life in his Literary Commonplace Book. </p><p>In a letter to <a href="/wiki/Bishop_James_Madison" class="mw-redirect" title="Bishop James Madison">Bishop James Madison</a> (31 Jan. 1800), cousin to the politician and future president of the same name, Jefferson expresses keen interest in Jesus as philosopher. He writes of the beliefs of German philosopher and founder of Illuminism, <a href="/wiki/Adam_Weishaupt" title="Adam Weishaupt">Adam Weishaupt</a>. "Wishaupt [<i>sic</i>] ...is among those (as you know the excellent Price and Priestly [<i>sic</i>] also are) who believe in the indefinite perfectibility of man. he thinks he may in time be rendered so perfect that he will be able to govern himself in every circumstance so as to injure none, to do all the good he can, to leave government no occasion to exercise their powers over him, & of course to render political government useless. ...Wishaupt believes that to promote this perfection of the human character was the object of Jesus Christ. that his intention was simply to reinstate natural religion, & by diffusing the light of his morality, to teach us to govern ourselves. his precepts are the love of god & love of our neighbor. and by teaching innocence of conduct, he expected to place men in their natural state of liberty & equality. he says, no one ever laid a surer foundation for liberty than our grand master, Jesus of Nazareth." </p><p>As president, he expresses those sentiments in a letter to Robinson over a year later (23 Mar. 1801).<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "The Christian religion, when divested of the rags in which they have enveloped it, and brought to the original purity and simplicity of its benevolent institutor, is a religion of all others most friendly to liberty, science, and the freest expansion of the human mind."<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The letters intimate great appreciation of the life and words of Jesus as the true cynosure of republican government. </p><p>It is understood by some historians that Jefferson composed it for his own satisfaction, supporting the Christian faith as he saw it. Gaustad states, "The retired President did not produce his small book to shock or offend a somnolent world; he composed it for himself, for his devotion, for his assurance, for a more restful sleep at nights and a more confident greeting of the mornings."<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>There is no record of this or its successor being for "the Use of the Indians", despite the stated intent of the 1804 version being that purpose. Although the government long supported Christian activity among Indians,<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and in <i><a href="/wiki/Notes_on_the_State_of_Virginia" title="Notes on the State of Virginia">Notes on the State of Virginia</a></i> Jefferson supported "a perpetual mission among the Indian tribes", at least in the interest of <a href="/wiki/Anthropology" title="Anthropology">anthropology</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and as President sanctioned financial support for a priest and church for the <a href="/wiki/Kaskaskia_Indians" class="mw-redirect" title="Kaskaskia Indians">Kaskaskia Indians</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Jefferson did not make these works public. Instead, he acknowledged the existence of <i>The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth</i> to only a few friends, saying that he read it before retiring at night, as he found this project intensely personal and private.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Ainsworth_Rand_Spofford" title="Ainsworth Rand Spofford">Ainsworth Rand Spofford</a>, Librarian of Congress (1864–1894) stated: "His original idea was to have the life and teachings of the Saviour, told in similar excerpts, prepared for the Indians, thinking this simple form would suit them best. But, abandoning this, the formal execution of his plan took the shape above described, which was for his individual use. He used the four languages that he might have the texts in them side by side, convenient for comparison. In the book he pasted a map of the ancient world and the Holy Land, with which he studied the New Testament."<sup id="cite_ref-beliefnet.com_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-beliefnet.com-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Some speculate that the reference to "Indians" in the 1804 title may have been an allusion to Jefferson's Federalist opponents, as he likewise used this indirect tactic against them at least once before, that being in his second inaugural address, or that he was providing himself a cover story in case this work became public.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Also referring to the 1804 version, Jefferson wrote, "A more beautiful or precious morsel of ethics I have never seen; it is a document in proof that I am a real Christian, that is to say, a disciple of the doctrines of Jesus."<sup id="cite_ref-beliefnet.com_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-beliefnet.com-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Jefferson's claim to be a Christian was made in response to those who accused him of being otherwise, due to his unorthodox view of the Bible and conception of Christ. Recognizing his rather unusual views, Jefferson stated in a letter (1819) to Ezra Stiles Ely, "You say you are a Calvinist. I am not. I am of a sect by myself, as far as I know."<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Publication_history">Publication history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jefferson_Bible&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Publication history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After completion of the <i>Life and Morals</i>, about 1820, Jefferson shared it with a number of friends, but he never allowed it to be published during his lifetime. </p><p>The most complete form Jefferson produced was inherited by his grandson, <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson_Randolph" title="Thomas Jefferson Randolph">Thomas Jefferson Randolph</a>, and was acquired in 1895 by the <a href="/wiki/Smithsonian_Institution" title="Smithsonian Institution">National Museum</a> in Washington.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The book was later published as a <a href="/wiki/Lithographic" class="mw-redirect" title="Lithographic">lithographic</a> reproduction by an act of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Congress" title="United States Congress">United States Congress</a> in 1904. Beginning in 1904 and continuing every other year until the 1950s, new members of Congress were given a copy of the <i>Jefferson Bible</i>. Until the practice first stopped, copies were provided by the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Government_Publishing_Office" title="United States Government Publishing Office">Government Printing Office</a>. A private organization, the Libertarian Press, revived the practice in 1997.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In January 2013, the <a href="/wiki/American_Humanist_Association" title="American Humanist Association">American Humanist Association</a> published an edition of the <i>Jefferson Bible</i>, distributing a free copy to every member of Congress and President Barack Obama.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>A Jefferson Bible For the Twenty-First Century</i> adds samples of passages that Jefferson chose to omit, as well as examples of the "best" and "worst" from the <a href="/wiki/Hebrew_Bible" title="Hebrew Bible">Hebrew Bible</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Quran" title="Quran">Quran</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Bhagavad_Gita" title="Bhagavad Gita">Bhagavad Gita</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Buddhist" class="mw-redirect" title="Buddhist">Buddhist</a> <a href="/wiki/S%C5%ABtra" class="mw-redirect" title="Sūtra">Sūtras</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Book_of_Mormon" title="Book of Mormon">Book of Mormon</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Smithsonian published the first full-color facsimile of the <i>Jefferson Bible</i> on November 1, 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-SmithsonianMag_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SmithsonianMag-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Released in tandem with a <i>Jefferson Bible</i> exhibit at the National Museum of American History, the reproduction features introductory essays by Smithsonian Political History curators Harry R. Rubenstein and Barbara Clark Smith, and Smithsonian Senior Paper Conservator Janice Stagnitto Ellis. The book's pages were digitized using a Hasselblad H4D50-50 megapixel DSLR camera and a Zeiss 120 macro lens, and were photographed by Smithsonian photographer, Hugh Talman.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The entire <i>Jefferson Bible</i> is available to view, page-by-page, on the Smithsonian National Museum of American History's website.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The high-resolution digitization enables the public to see the minute details and anomalies of each page. </p><p>The text is in the <a href="/wiki/Public_domain" title="Public domain">public domain</a> and is thus freely available on the Internet. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Recent_history">Recent history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jefferson_Bible&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Recent history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1895, the <a href="/wiki/Smithsonian_Institution" title="Smithsonian Institution">Smithsonian Institution</a> under the leadership of librarian <a href="/wiki/Cyrus_Adler" title="Cyrus Adler">Cyrus Adler</a> purchased the original <i>Jefferson Bible</i> from Jefferson's great-granddaughter Carolina Randolph for $400. A conservation effort commencing in 2009, led by Senior Paper Conservator Janice Stagnitto Ellis,<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in partnership with the museum's Political History department, allowed for a public unveiling in an exhibit open from November 11, 2011, through May 28, 2012, at the <a href="/wiki/National_Museum_of_American_History" title="National Museum of American History">National Museum of American History</a>. Also displayed were the source books from which Jefferson cut his selected passages, and the 1904 edition of the Jefferson Bible requested and distributed by the United States Congress.<sup id="cite_ref-SmithsonianMag_33-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SmithsonianMag-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The exhibit was accompanied by an interactive digital facsimile available on the museum's public website. On February 20, 2012, the <a href="/wiki/Smithsonian_Channel" title="Smithsonian Channel">Smithsonian Channel</a> premiered the documentary <i>Jefferson's Secret Bible</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-SmithsonianMag_33-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SmithsonianMag-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional" style="max-width: 978px;"> <li class="gallerycaption">The <i>Jefferson Bible</i> at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History</li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:TJB_Tab_Page_56.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Fold-out tab Jefferson glued in the margin of page 56"><img alt="Fold-out tab Jefferson glued in the margin of page 56" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/TJB_Tab_Page_56.jpg/120px-TJB_Tab_Page_56.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/TJB_Tab_Page_56.jpg/180px-TJB_Tab_Page_56.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/TJB_Tab_Page_56.jpg/240px-TJB_Tab_Page_56.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="751" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Fold-out tab Jefferson glued in the margin of page 56 </div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:TJB_Out_Up_Page_6.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Jefferson textually corrects "out" into "up""><img alt="Jefferson textually corrects "out" into "up"" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/TJB_Out_Up_Page_6.jpg/83px-TJB_Out_Up_Page_6.jpg" decoding="async" width="83" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/TJB_Out_Up_Page_6.jpg/125px-TJB_Out_Up_Page_6.jpg 1.5x, 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//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Thomas_Jefferson_Bible_Lined_Cover.jpg/240px-Thomas_Jefferson_Bible_Lined_Cover.jpg 2x" data-file-width="717" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Marbled paper inside the book's covers</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Editions_in_print">Editions in print</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jefferson_Bible&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Editions in print"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dt>Facsimile</dt></dl> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239549316">.mw-parser-output .refbegin{margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul{margin-left:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{margin-left:0;padding-left:3.2em;text-indent:-3.2em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul,.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul li{list-style:none}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{padding-left:1.6em;text-indent:-1.6em}}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .refbegin{font-size:90%}}</style><div class="refbegin" style=""> <ul><li><i>The Jefferson Bible, Smithsonian Edition: The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth</i> (2011) <a href="/wiki/Smithsonian_Books" class="mw-redirect" title="Smithsonian Books">Smithsonian Books</a> hardcover: <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output 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href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1588343123" title="Special:BookSources/978-1588343123">978-1588343123</a></li> <li><i>Jefferson's Extracts from the Gospels: 'The Philosophy of Jesus' and 'The Life and Morals of Jesus': The Papers of Thomas Jefferson: Second Series</i> (1983) <a href="/wiki/Princeton_University_Press" title="Princeton University Press">Princeton University Press</a> hardcover: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0691046999" title="Special:BookSources/0691046999">0691046999</a>, paperback: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0691102104" title="Special:BookSources/0691102104">0691102104</a></li> <li><i>THE Jefferson Bible</i> (1964) <a href="/w/index.php?title=Clarkston_N._Potter,_Inc&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Clarkston N. Potter, Inc (page does not exist)">Clarkston N. Potter, Inc</a> hardcover: <a href="/wiki/LCCN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="LCCN (identifier)">LCCN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.loc.gov/item/64-19900">64--19900</a></li> <li><i>The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth</i> (1904) <a href="/wiki/United_States_Government_Printing_Office" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Government Printing Office">United States Government Printing Office</a></li></ul> </div> <dl><dt>Text</dt></dl> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239549316"><div class="refbegin" style=""> <ul><li><i>Thomas Jefferson's Bible, With Introduction and Critical Commentary</i>, Berlin: DeGruyter, 2017. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-3110617566" title="Special:BookSources/978-3110617566">978-3110617566</a></li> <li><i>The Jefferson Bible: What Thomas Jefferson Selected as the Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth</i>: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1936583218" title="Special:BookSources/978-1936583218">978-1936583218</a></li> <li><i>The Jefferson Bible: The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth</i> (2006) Dover Publications paperback: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0486449211" title="Special:BookSources/0486449211">0486449211</a></li> <li><i>The Jefferson Bible</i>, (2006) Applewood Books hardcover: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1557091846" title="Special:BookSources/1557091846">1557091846</a></li> <li><i>The Jefferson Bible</i>, introduction by <a href="/wiki/Cyrus_Adler" title="Cyrus Adler">Cyrus Adler</a>, (2005) Digireads.com paperback: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1420924923" title="Special:BookSources/1420924923">1420924923</a></li> <li><i>The Jefferson Bible</i>, introduction by <a href="/wiki/Percival_Everett" title="Percival Everett">Percival Everett</a>, (2004) Akashic Books paperback: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1888451629" title="Special:BookSources/1888451629">1888451629</a></li> <li><i>The Jefferson Bible</i>, introduction by <a href="/w/index.php?title=M._A._Sotelo&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="M. A. Sotelo (page does not exist)">M. A. Sotelo</a>, (2004) Promotional Sales Books, LLC paperback</li> <li><i>Jefferson's "Bible": The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth</i>, introduction by Judd W. Patton, (1997) American Book Distributors paperback: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0929205022" title="Special:BookSources/0929205022">0929205022</a></li> <li><i>A Jefferson Bible for the Twenty-First Century</i>, 2013, Humanist Press, paperback <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0931779299" title="Special:BookSources/978-0931779299">978-0931779299</a>, ebook <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0931779305" title="Special:BookSources/978-0931779305">978-0931779305</a></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jefferson_Bible&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Gospel_in_Brief" title="The Gospel in Brief">The Gospel in Brief</a>, by <a href="/wiki/Leo_Tolstoy" title="Leo Tolstoy">Leo Tolstoy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bibliography_of_Thomas_Jefferson" title="Bibliography of Thomas Jefferson">Bibliography of Thomas Jefferson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jesuism" title="Jesuism">Jesuism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religious_views_of_Thomas_Jefferson" title="Religious views of Thomas Jefferson">Religious views of Thomas Jefferson</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jefferson_Bible&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFTay" class="citation web cs1">Tay, Endrina. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.monticello.org/site/research-and-collections/philosophy-jesus-nazareth">"The Philosophy of Jesus of Nazareth"</a>. <i>Monticello.org</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">July 20,</span> 2017</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Monticello.org&rft.atitle=The+Philosophy+of+Jesus+of+Nazareth&rft.aulast=Tay&rft.aufirst=Endrina&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.monticello.org%2Fsite%2Fresearch-and-collections%2Fphilosophy-jesus-nazareth&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJefferson+Bible" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Quartz-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Quartz_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFR.P._Nettelhorst" class="citation web cs1">R.P. Nettelhorst. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20171016023525/http://www.theology.edu/journal/volume2/ushistor.htm">"Notes on the Founding Fathers and the Separation of Church and State"</a>. Quartz Hill School of Theology. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.theology.edu/journal/volume2/ushistor.htm">the original</a> on October 16, 2017<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">October 16,</span> 2017</span>. <q>Thomas Jefferson created his own version of the gospels; he was uncomfortable with any reference to miracles, so with two copies of the New Testament, he cut and pasted them together, excising all references to miracles, from turning water to wine, to the resurrection.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Notes+on+the+Founding+Fathers+and+the+Separation+of+Church+and+State&rft.pub=Quartz+Hill+School+of+Theology&rft.au=R.P.+Nettelhorst&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theology.edu%2Fjournal%2Fvolume2%2Fushistor.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJefferson+Bible" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Jefferson, Thomas, <i>The Writings of Thomas Jefferson</i>, ed. Lipscomb, 10:376–377.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Thomas Jefferson's Abridgement of the Words of Jesus of Nazareth</i> (Charlottesville: Mark Beliles, 1993), 14.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Jefferson, Thomas, <i>The Writings of Thomas Jefferson</i>, ed. 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Berlin: <a href="/wiki/DeGruyter" class="mw-redirect" title="DeGruyter">DeGruyter</a>. p. 9. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-3110617566" title="Special:BookSources/978-3110617566"><bdi>978-3110617566</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Thomas+Jefferson%27s+Bible%3A+With+Introduction+and+Critical+Commentary&rft.place=Berlin&rft.pages=9&rft.pub=DeGruyter&rft.date=2018&rft.isbn=978-3110617566&rft.aulast=Holowchak&rft.aufirst=Mark+Alexander&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DOhiBDwAAQBAJ%26pg%3DPA9&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJefferson+Bible" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFJefferson" class="citation web cs1">Jefferson, Thomas. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-33-02-0362">"From Thomas Jefferson to Moses Robinson, 23 March 1801"</a>. <i>National Archive</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Wayne Clough">G. Wayne Clough</a> (October 2011). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110930001605/http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/Jeffersons-Bible.html#ixzz1c1DvJDXz">"Secretary Clough on Jefferson's Bible"</a>. <i>Smithsonian Magazine</i>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/Jeffersons-Bible.html#ixzz1c1DvJDXz">the original</a> on September 30, 2011<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">November 8,</span> 2011</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Smithsonian+Magazine&rft.atitle=Secretary+Clough+on+Jefferson%27s+Bible&rft.date=2011-10&rft.au=G.+Wayne+Clough&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.smithsonianmag.com%2Farts-culture%2FJeffersons-Bible.html%23ixzz1c1DvJDXz&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJefferson+Bible" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-34"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-34">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFJefferson2011" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson" title="Thomas Jefferson">Jefferson, Thomas</a> (2011). <i>The Jefferson Bible, Smithsonian Edition: The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth</i>. Smithsonian Books. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1588343123" title="Special:BookSources/978-1588343123"><bdi>978-1588343123</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Jefferson+Bible%2C+Smithsonian+Edition%3A+The+Life+and+Morals+of+Jesus+of+Nazareth&rft.pub=Smithsonian+Books&rft.date=2011&rft.isbn=978-1588343123&rft.aulast=Jefferson&rft.aufirst=Thomas&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJefferson+Bible" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-35"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-35">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://americanhistory.si.edu/jeffersonbible">"Thomas Jefferson's Bible – The Jefferson Bible, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution"</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Thomas+Jefferson%27s+Bible+%E2%80%93+The+Jefferson+Bible%2C+National+Museum+of+American+History%2C+Smithsonian+Institution&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Famericanhistory.si.edu%2Fjeffersonbible&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJefferson+Bible" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-36"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-36">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/aroundthemall/2011/03/thomas-jeffersons-bible-is-sent-to-the-conservation-lab/">"History, Travel, Arts, Science, People, Places – Smithsonian"</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=History%2C+Travel%2C+Arts%2C+Science%2C+People%2C+Places+%E2%80%93+Smithsonian&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fblogs.smithsonianmag.com%2Faroundthemall%2F2011%2F03%2Fthomas-jeffersons-bible-is-sent-to-the-conservation-lab%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJefferson+Bible" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jefferson_Bible&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBedfordEllisRainwater2012" class="citation journal cs1">Bedford, Laura; Ellis, Janice Stagnitto; Rainwater, Emily (2012). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://cool.culturalheritage.org/coolaic/sg/bpg/annual/v31/bpga31-05.pdf">"The Conservation of the Jefferson Bible at the National Museum of American History"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i>The Book and Paper Group Annual</i>. <b>31</b>: <span class="nowrap">35–</span>42.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Book+and+Paper+Group+Annual&rft.atitle=The+Conservation+of+the+Jefferson+Bible+at+the+National+Museum+of+American+History&rft.volume=31&rft.pages=%3Cspan+class%3D%22nowrap%22%3E35-%3C%2Fspan%3E42&rft.date=2012&rft.aulast=Bedford&rft.aufirst=Laura&rft.au=Ellis%2C+Janice+Stagnitto&rft.au=Rainwater%2C+Emily&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fcool.culturalheritage.org%2Fcoolaic%2Fsg%2Fbpg%2Fannual%2Fv31%2Fbpga31-05.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJefferson+Bible" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBlessing2013" class="citation book cs1">Blessing, T. H. (2013). "Revolution by Other Means: Jefferson, the Jefferson Bible, and Jesus". <span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780786467808"><i>Godly Heretics: Essays in Alternative Christianity in Literature and Popular Culture</i></a></span>. McFarland. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780786467808" title="Special:BookSources/9780786467808"><bdi>9780786467808</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Revolution+by+Other+Means%3A+Jefferson%2C+the+Jefferson+Bible%2C+and+Jesus&rft.btitle=Godly+Heretics%3A+Essays+in+Alternative+Christianity+in+Literature+and+Popular+Culture&rft.pub=McFarland&rft.date=2013&rft.isbn=9780786467808&rft.aulast=Blessing&rft.aufirst=T.+H.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fisbn_9780786467808&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJefferson+Bible" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFManseau2020" class="citation book cs1">Manseau, Peter (2020). <i>The Jefferson Bible: A Biography</i>. Princeton University Press. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1515%2F9780691209685">10.1515/9780691209685</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780691209685" title="Special:BookSources/9780691209685"><bdi>9780691209685</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Jefferson+Bible%3A+A+Biography&rft.pub=Princeton+University+Press&rft.date=2020&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1515%2F9780691209685&rft.isbn=9780691209685&rft.aulast=Manseau&rft.aufirst=Peter&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJefferson+Bible" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSheridan1983" class="citation book cs1">Sheridan, Eugene R. (1983). "Introduction". In Adams, Dickinson W. (ed.). <i>Jefferson's Extracts from the Gospels: The Philosophy of Jesus and The Life and Morals of Jesus</i>. Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Second Series. Vol. 3. pp. <span class="nowrap">3–</span>44. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0691046999" title="Special:BookSources/0691046999"><bdi>0691046999</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Introduction&rft.btitle=Jefferson%27s+Extracts+from+the+Gospels%3A+The+Philosophy+of+Jesus+and+The+Life+and+Morals+of+Jesus&rft.series=Papers+of+Thomas+Jefferson%2C+Second+Series&rft.pages=%3Cspan+class%3D%22nowrap%22%3E3-%3C%2Fspan%3E44&rft.date=1983&rft.isbn=0691046999&rft.aulast=Sheridan&rft.aufirst=Eugene+R.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJefferson+Bible" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFZastoupil2009" class="citation journal cs1">Zastoupil, Lynn (2009). "<span class="cs1-kern-left"></span>'Notorious and Convicted Mutilators': Rammohun Roy, Thomas Jefferson, and the Bible". <i>Journal of World History</i>. <b>20</b> (3): <span class="nowrap">399–</span>434. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1353%2Fjwh.0.0077">10.1353/jwh.0.0077</a>. <a href="/wiki/JSTOR_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="JSTOR (identifier)">JSTOR</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/40542805">40542805</a>.</cite><span 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Virginia">2nd</a> <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Virginia" title="Governor of Virginia">Governor of Virginia</a> (1779–1781)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_delegates_to_the_Continental_Congress" title="List of delegates to the Continental Congress">Delegate</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Second_Continental_Congress" title="Second Continental Congress">Second Continental Congress</a> (1775–1776)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Fifth_Virginia_Convention" title="Fifth Virginia Convention">Delegate, Fifth Virginia Convention</a> (1776)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Founding<br />documents of<br />the United States</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Summary_View_of_the_Rights_of_British_America" title="A Summary View of the Rights of British America">A Summary View of the Rights of British America</a></i> (1774)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Olive_Branch_Petition" title="Olive Branch Petition">Olive Branch Petition</a> (1775)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Declaration_of_the_Causes_and_Necessity_of_Taking_Up_Arms" title="Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms">Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms</a> (1775)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Declaration_of_Independence" title="United States Declaration of Independence">Declaration of Independence</a> (1776) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Committee_of_Five" title="Committee of Five">Committee of Five</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Physical_history_of_the_United_States_Declaration_of_Independence" title="Physical history of the United States Declaration of Independence">physical history</a></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/All_men_are_created_equal" title="All men are created equal">All men are created equal</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Life,_Liberty_and_the_pursuit_of_Happiness" title="Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness">Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Consent_of_the_governed#In_the_United_States_of_America" title="Consent of the governed">Consent of the governed</a>"</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Virginia_Statute_for_Religious_Freedom" title="Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom">Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom</a> (1786)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Land_Ordinance_of_1784" title="Land Ordinance of 1784">Land Ordinance of 1784</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Land_Ordinance_of_1785" title="Land Ordinance of 1785">Land Ordinance of 1785</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/French_Revolution#Declaration_of_the_Rights_of_Man" title="French Revolution">French Revolution</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Co-author, <a href="/wiki/Declaration_of_the_Rights_of_Man_and_of_the_Citizen" title="Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen">Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen</a> (1789)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Presidency_of_Thomas_Jefferson" title="Presidency of Thomas Jefferson">Presidency</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Act_Prohibiting_Importation_of_Slaves" title="Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves">Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louisiana_Purchase" title="Louisiana Purchase">Louisiana Purchase</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lewis_and_Clark_Expedition" title="Lewis and Clark Expedition">Lewis and Clark Expedition</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Empire_of_Liberty" title="Empire of Liberty">Empire of Liberty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dunbar_and_Hunter_Expedition" title="Dunbar and Hunter Expedition">Dunbar and Hunter Expedition</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red_River_Expedition_(1806)" title="Red River Expedition (1806)">Red River Expedition</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pike_Expedition" title="Pike Expedition">Pike Expedition</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Road#Cumberland_Road" title="National Road">Cumberland Road</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Embargo_Act_of_1807" title="Embargo Act of 1807">Embargo Act of 1807</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chesapeake%E2%80%93Leopard_affair" title="Chesapeake–Leopard affair"><i>Chesapeake</i>–<i>Leopard</i> affair</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Non-Intercourse_Act_(1809)" title="Non-Intercourse Act (1809)">Non-Intercourse Act</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Barbary_War" title="First Barbary War">First Barbary War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson_and_Native_Americans" title="Thomas Jefferson and Native Americans">Native American policy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burr_conspiracy" title="Burr conspiracy">Burr conspiracy</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Marbury_v._Madison" title="Marbury v. 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Madison</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_United_States_Military_Academy" title="History of the United States Military Academy">West Point Military Academy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presidency_of_Thomas_Jefferson#Speeches" title="Presidency of Thomas Jefferson">State of the Union Addresses</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1801_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1801 State of the Union Address">1801</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1802_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1802 State of the Union Address">1802</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1805_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1805 State of the Union Address">1805</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presidency_of_Thomas_Jefferson#Administration" title="Presidency of Thomas Jefferson">Cabinet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_federal_judges_appointed_by_Thomas_Jefferson" title="List of federal judges appointed by Thomas Jefferson">Federal judicial appointments</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other noted<br />accomplishments</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Early_life_and_career_of_Thomas_Jefferson" title="Early life and career of Thomas Jefferson">Early life and career</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franco-American_alliance" title="Franco-American alliance">Franco-American alliance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Virginia" title="University of Virginia">Founder, University of Virginia</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_University_of_Virginia" title="History of the University of Virginia">history</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ratification_Day_(United_States)" title="Ratification Day (United States)">Ratification Day</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anti-Administration_party" title="Anti-Administration party">Anti-Administration party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Democratic-Republican_Party" title="Democratic-Republican Party">Democratic-Republican Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeffersonian_democracy" title="Jeffersonian democracy">Jeffersonian democracy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plan_for_Establishing_Uniformity_in_the_Coinage,_Weights,_and_Measures_of_the_United_States" title="Plan for Establishing Uniformity in the Coinage, Weights, and Measures of the United States"><i>Coinage, Weights, and Measures</i> report</a> (1790)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ralph_J._Bunche_Library" title="Ralph J. Bunche Library">State Department Library</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Residence_Act" title="Residence Act">Residence Act</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Compromise_of_1790" title="Compromise of 1790">Compromise of 1790</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kentucky_and_Virginia_Resolutions" title="Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions">Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Jefferson%27s_Manual" title="Jefferson's Manual">A Manual of Parliamentary Practice</a></i> (1801)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jefferson_disk" title="Jefferson disk">Jefferson disk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swivel_chair" title="Swivel chair">Swivel chair</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Megalonyx" title="Megalonyx">Megalonyx</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Jeffersonian_architecture" title="Jeffersonian architecture">Jeffersonian<br />architecture</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Barboursville_(James_Barbour)" title="Barboursville (James Barbour)">Barboursville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Farmington_(Albemarle_County,_Virginia)" title="Farmington (Albemarle County, Virginia)">Farmington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monticello" title="Monticello">Monticello</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gardens_of_Monticello" title="Gardens of Monticello">gardens</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Poplar_Forest" title="Poplar Forest">Poplar Forest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Virginia#The_Grounds" title="University of Virginia">University of Virginia</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Rotunda_(University_of_Virginia)" title="The Rotunda (University of Virginia)">The Rotunda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Lawn" title="The Lawn">The Lawn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jefferson_Hall_(University_of_Virginia)" title="Jefferson Hall (University of Virginia)">Jefferson Hall</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Virginia_State_Capitol" title="Virginia State Capitol">Virginia State Capitol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/White_House" title="White House">White House Colonnades</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other writings</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Papers_of_Thomas_Jefferson" title="The Papers of Thomas Jefferson">The Papers of Thomas Jefferson</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Notes_on_the_State_of_Virginia" title="Notes on the State of Virginia">Notes on the State of Virginia</a></i> (1785)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Proposals_for_concerted_operation_among_the_powers_at_war_with_the_Pyratical_states_of_Barbary" title="Proposals for concerted operation among the powers at war with the Pyratical states of Barbary">Pyratical states of Barbary proposals</a> (1786)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Memorandums_taken_on_a_journey_from_Paris_into_the_southern_parts_of_France_and_Northern_Italy,_in_the_year_1787" title="Memorandums taken on a journey from Paris into the southern parts of France and Northern Italy, in the year 1787">European journey memorandums</a> (1787)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson_and_Native_Americans" title="Thomas Jefferson and Native Americans">Indian removal letters</a></li> <li><i><a class="mw-selflink selflink">The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth</a></i> (c. 1819)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_Historical_Society#Collections" title="Massachusetts Historical Society">Jefferson manuscript collection</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Founders_Online" title="Founders Online">Founders Online</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/American_Enlightenment" title="American Enlightenment">American Enlightenment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson#American_Philosophical_Society" title="Thomas Jefferson">American Philosophical Society</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Founding_Fathers_of_the_United_States" title="Founding Fathers of the United States">Founding Fathers of the United States</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Historical_reputation_of_Thomas_Jefferson" title="Historical reputation of Thomas Jefferson">Historical reputation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson_and_education" title="Thomas Jefferson and education">Jefferson and education</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religious_views_of_Thomas_Jefferson" title="Religious views of Thomas Jefferson">Religious views</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson_and_slavery" title="Thomas Jefferson and slavery">Jefferson and slavery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Library_of_Congress#History" title="Library of Congress">Jefferson and the Library of Congress</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jefferson_Pier" title="Jefferson Pier">Jefferson Pier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dick_the_Mockingbird" title="Dick the Mockingbird">Pet mockingbird</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/National_Gazette" title="National Gazette">National Gazette</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sally_Hemings" title="Sally Hemings">Sally Hemings</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jefferson%E2%80%93Hemings_controversy" title="Jefferson–Hemings controversy">Jefferson–Hemings controversy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Betty_Hemings" title="Betty Hemings">Betty Hemings</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Separation_of_church_and_state_in_the_United_States#Jefferson,_Madison,_and_the_"wall_of_separation"" title="Separation of church and state in the United States">Separation of church and state</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tufton_Farm" title="Tufton Farm">Tufton Farm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Governor%27s_Palace_(Williamsburg,_Virginia)" title="Governor's Palace (Williamsburg, 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