Tuesday, January 08, 2013

Scriptures Go Under the Knife in A Jefferson Bible for the Twenty-First Century

What Thomas Jefferson did for the Bible, the American Humanist Association did for the world's other major religious texts—in Jefferson's words, separated "the gold from the dross."

A Jefferson Bible for the Twenty-First Century includes Jefferson's famously edited version of Christianity's holy text, but this updated offering also includes similarly edited versions of the Hebrew Bible, the Qur'an, the Bhagavadgîtâ, the Buddhist Sutras, and the Book of Mormon. In addition, selections of the "dross" have been included alongside the "gold" for each.


MORE: http://www.americanhumanist.org/news/details/2013-01-scriptures-go-under-the-knife-in-a-jefferson-bible-f