Yes, the man who wrote the Declaration of Independence and shook an angry fist at the world order when he declared that "all men are created equal" also wrote his own version of the Bible. The book ...

Jefferson then pasted these texts into a blank book and titled it, The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth. His idea was to present Jesus’s teachings in what he saw as their purest form—separated ...

Thomas Jefferson, apparently, didn't have any qualms about it. In his retirement, the nation's third president carried out a project he had contemplated for years: He cut and pasted passages from the ...

No U.S. president thus far has sworn the oath of office with his hand on the “Jefferson Bible.” On April 30, 1789, in New York City, George Washington took the presidential oath while placing his hand ...

"This facsimile reproduction of the Jefferson Bible was published by Smithsonian Books in November 2011 on the occasion of the conservation and exhibition of the Jefferson Bible by the National Museum ...

The Jefferson Bible, Smithsonian Edition: The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth by Thomas Jefferson, will be released November 1 by Smithsonian Books. It is the first complete full-color version of ...

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History is currently performing a specialized conservation treatment to ensure the long-term preservation of Thomas Jefferson’s bible, a small handmade ...

Thomas Jefferson believed that his version of the New Testament distilled "the most sublime and benevolent code of morals which has never been offered to man." Universal History Archive / Getty Images ...

Illustration by Katie Martin; images from Kean Collection / Getty; National Museum of American History Was Thomas Jefferson an atheist? Plenty of people thought so. Jefferson never identified himself ...

DENVER - A rare, national treasure that has never been on public display outside of Washington D.C. is about to come to Colorado. Thomas Jefferson's Bible will be on display at the History Colorado ...

When the move to topple monuments to the Confederacy expanded toward taking down other figures in American history like Christopher Columbus, Theodore Roosevelt and Andrew Jackson, the Trump ...