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Hardcover in non price-clipped dust-jacket. 171pp., Introduction by Forest Church; Afterword by Jaroslav Pelikan. This little volume “offers extraordinary insight into the logic of Thomas Jefferson and the Gospel of Jesus. Working in the White House in 1804, Jeferson set out to ediit the Gospels in order to uncover the essence of true religion in the simple story of the life of Jesus. Jefferson was convinced that the authentic message of Jesus could be found only by extracting from the Gospels Jesus’ message of absolute love and service. Completed in 1819, this little book is the remarkable result of Jefferson’s efforts.” No previous ownership marks. A very clean, square, crisp copy with no faults. As new in an as new dust-jacket.