Peter Manseau

Broschiertes Buch

The Jefferson Bible

A Biography

Beschreibung

The life and times of a uniquely American testamentIn his retirement, Thomas Jefferson edited the New Testament with a penknife and glue, removing all mention of miracles and other supernatural events. Inspired by the ideals of the Enlightenment, Jefferson hoped to reconcile Christian tradition with reason by presenting Jesus of Nazareth as a g

Autor

Peter Manseau is the Lilly Endowment Curator of American Religious History at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History. His many books include The Apparitionists: A Tale of Phantoms, Fraud, Photography, and the Man Who Captured Lincoln's Ghost and Rag and Bone: A Journey among the World's Holy Dead.

Produktdetails

• Lives of Great Religious Books
• Verlag: Princeton University Press
• Seitenzahl: 236
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. November 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 203mm x 133mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 210g
• ISBN-13: 9780691209692
• ISBN-10: 0691209693
• Artikelnr.: 73731136

Rezensionen

"Manseau's story [recounts] a thrilling mixture of accident, fine timing, and diligent public-museum curation."—Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker