The Jefferson Bible: The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth

Thomas Jefferson

Dec 2010 · Tantor Media Inc · Narrated by Mel Foster

About this audiobook

In the early nineteenth century, Thomas Jefferson, the third president of the United States and the principal author of the Declaration of Independence, conceived the idea of extracting a gospel purified of what he saw as extraneous philosophical, mythological, and theological elements. To do so, he took verses from the four canonical gospels and arranged them into a single narrative, focusing on the actual words of Jesus. This work was never published during Jefferson's lifetime but was inherited by his grandson and printed for the first time in the early twentieth century. The original bound manuscript, popularly referred to as The Jefferson Bible, is held by the United States National Museum in Washington.

Ratings and reviews

good listening. the narration was really good and for the price not bad. was hoping for a bit more after explanation

About the author

Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) drafted the Declaration of Independence, served as governor of Virginia, and was elected the third president of the United States.

Mel Foster, an audiobook narrator since 2002, won an Audie Award for Finding God in Unexpected Places by Philip Yancey. He has also won several AudioFile Earphones Awards. Best known for mysteries, Mel has also narrated classic authors such as Thoreau, Nabokov, and Whitman.