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Conserving the Jefferson Bible
Archivists at the Smithsonian Institution detail the painstaking process of preserving the 200-year-old book (03:50)
Video courtesy of: Smithsonian Channel
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How Thomas Jefferson Created His Own Bible
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By Owen Edwards
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Comments (3)
Thomas Jefferson was my husband's first cousin, many generations removed. He has red hair like Jefferson, a trait carried down in the Railey/Randolph line. We also own a copy of a 'Jefferson Bible' and look forward to purchasing a copy of his original Bible.
Thank you for restoring this national treasure.
Posted by Marilyn Railey on January 15,2012 | 11:43 PM
Sue, I have a 1989 copy of Beacon Press's publication of The Jefferson Bible, very precious to me because it was a Christmas gift from my father in 1994. Other than a facsimile of two facing pages of text from Jefferson's original, this book contains only the English translation of the scriptures he included. This would explain the difference in size.
A full facsimile is available online at the Library of Congress at http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=mtj7&fileName=mtj7page059.db&recNum=458.
Posted by Vicki on December 26,2011 | 12:13 PM
I was fascinated to see and hear about this. Pres. Jefferson is a first cousin several times removed to me. And, his life and character are so important to us in this time that, I love hearing anything about him. Such detail in his bible is precious to me and many others, I'm sure.
Thanks for presenting this so we may know more about him. I wonder if you are going to reveal the text of the bible? I have a comercial copy of what I hear called his 'personal' bible but, it is not anywhere near the size of the one you are speaking of here. I hope this bible, is in the Smithsonian and will be available for viewing.
Posted by Sue Ashby on December 20,2011 | 12:06 AM