Saturday, March 26, 2011

The Jefferson Bible Restoration

I found this article about a bible that Thomas Jefferson apparently created on his own by cutting passages from six different books in four differnt languages.  The Smithsonian institute has the original copy in their collection and they are working towards restoring and preserving this unusual piece of Ameircan history.

http://www.courierpress.com/news/2011/mar/26/saving-the-jefferson-bible-smithsonian-works-to/

Here is a link to an actual copy on Google Books:

http://books.google.com/books?id=AmAJAQAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=the+jefferson+bible&hl=en&ei=r5eOTafyGcPg0gGZ9N2TDQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CDwQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q&f=false

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