The Jefferson Bible

Download or read book The Jefferson Bible written by Thomas Jefferson and published by Akashic Books. This book was released on 2013-12-02 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.