Talk:Jefferson Bible

message: The criticisms section seems to make this article very much POV/unbalanced, particularly given the criticizer doesn't appear to have read the text given the "whatever it was he did" phrase. I recommend the inclusion of material discussing the reasons why Jefferson created this bible, and substitution of cogent criticism for the rather vapid current criticism section.--Xris0 (talk) 23:32, 19 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Unbalanced article 

message: Shouldn't the title be the title given by the author? (99.165.193.88 (talk) 01:01, 2 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Should the title be changed to The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth ? 

message: Hi there, I'm currently interning at NMAH and, in partnership with the museum's New Media, Political History, and Paper Conservation departments, I'd like to expand and edit the Jefferson Bible page. I've interned on the Jefferson Bible conservation/exhibit project team for the past year, and am eager to expand this page with the wealth of new information that is now published and public domain. The exhibit opens 11/11/11, with the release of a Smithsonian Books publication/digital facsimile and NMAH Jefferson Bible webpage which includes high resolution images of the book. The publication includes a historical chapter by the exhibit's curator, as well as a conservation chapter by the museum's senior paper conservator. These are incredible sources of contemporary facts and content, and would be a valuable addition to this Wikipage. I'll tag all of my changes and welcome any discussion about my edits. Thanks!--SarahNEmerson (talk) 15:51, 8 November 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm also thinking of hiding the "Bible Series" infobox on the right-hand side, as it will be even more distracting once images are incorporated into the page. Thoughts?--SarahNEmerson (talk) 21:52, 8 November 2011 (UTC)
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I would agree as among historical circles, it is much more commonly referred to as "the Jefferson Bible", rather than its actual title.  I heard the former dozens of times, including in papers on Jefferson, prior to any reference to its actual title.  This is of course one of the things that got him accused as a heretic as after all-he rewrote the bible, considered the word of God (Jehovah/Jesus in this case) by so many in his day.  Perhaps the actual title should redirect to this page, which would be best titled (IMO) as "Jefferson Bible".Bob the Lunatic (talk) 10:35, 12 January 2013 (UTC)
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message: The caption goes on to claim that Jefferson removed the "as" from For as in days of old... in order to improve the flow or grammar of the sentence "by avoiding three prepositions in a row." But do we actually have some sort of supporting comment from Jefferson that confirms he struck the word for purely grammatical or aesthetic reasons? The thing is, removing the "as" gives the entire sentence a less "prophetic" character. How do we know that Jefferson didn't cut out the as in order to "correct the theology", rather than for purely stylistic reasons? Throbert McGee (talk) 01:22, 8 February 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Neither "for" not "as" is a preposition in that context, anyway (according to some traditional grammatical views, "as" is never a preposition). AnonMoos (talk) 16:19, 15 May 2012 (UTC)
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message: Only examples of English text are given, which makes me think Jefferson was cutting up a previously existing English translation.  Should the article say this is so?  If it is so, which of the many Bible translations into English was it?  Jim.henderson (talk) 21:18, 26 March 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cut from what? 

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