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The Jefferson Bible, Smithsonian Edition: The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth (2011) Smithsonian Books hardcover: ISBN 978-1588343123 Jefferson's Extracts from the Gospels: 'The Philosophy of Jesus' and 'The Life and Morals of Jesus': The Papers of Thomas Jefferson: Second Series (1983) Princeton University Press hardcover: ISBN 0691046999 ...
The exhibit opens 11/11/11, with the release of a Smithsonian Books publication/digital facsimile and NMAH Jefferson Bible webpage which includes high resolution images of the book. The publication includes a historical chapter by the exhibit's curator, as well as a conservation chapter by the museum's senior paper conservator.
For a number of years he was employed by the Smithsonian Institution at Washington, with a focus on archaeology and Semitics, serving as the Librarian from December 1, 1892 to 1905. [6] In 1895, after years of searching, he located the Jefferson Bible and purchased it for the Smithsonian Institution from the great-granddaughter of Thomas Jefferson.
The Bible's humble journey to the Smithsonian began long before the Diggs' family discovered it in San Bernardino more than three decades ago — in a box of books set to be donated to charity.
Thomas Jefferson, drafter of the Declaration of Independence and co-founder of the United States, was arguably as American as one can get. A recent set of photos in Smithsonian magazine showcases ...
Killing the Buddha: A Heretic's Bible, coauthored with Jeff Sharlet. 2004 Free Press ISBN 0-7432-3276-3; Vows: The Story of a Priest, a Nun, and Their Son, 2005 Free Press; Songs for the Butcher's Daughter: A Novel, 2008 Free Press; Believer, Beware: First-Person Dispatches from the Margins of Faith, 2009 Beacon Press. Co-edited with Jeff Sharlet.