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Work #1123 · Late

The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth

Thomas Jefferson
c. 1820 (compiled), published 1904 · English (with Greek, Latin, French)
Cut-and-paste Gospel harmony · Enlightenment deism / Rational religion

Jefferson's c.1820 cut-and-paste Gospel — Jesus's moral teaching stripped of miracles and divinity claims

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Attribute The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth (Late)
Time · Extent Infinite
Time · Ontological Status Substantival
Time · Grain Continuous
Time · Freedom Non-Deterministic
Time · Traversability Linear
Time · Dimensionality One
Time · Direction Uni-directional
Space · Extent Finite
Space · Ontological Status Substantival
Space · Curvature Flat
Space · Dimensionality Three
Space · Locality Local
Matter · Extent Infinite
Matter · Ontological Status Substantival
Matter · Conservation Conserved
Matter · Dimensionality Three
Matter · Locality Local
Observer · Time Instance Single
Observer · Space Instance Single
Observer · Knowledge Extent Partial
Observer · Knowledge Retainment Total
Observer · Physicality Embodied
Observer · Agency Active
Observer · Number Plural
Observer · Metaphysical Agency Personal
Observer · Moral Authority Reason
Observer · Theological Method
Energy · Extent Infinite
Energy · Ontological Status Substantival
Energy · Conservation Conserved
Energy · Dispersibility Irreversible
Information · Ontological Status Substantival
Information · Cosmic Conservation Conserved
Information · Personal Conservation Conserved
Information · Granularity Discrete

Dimension-by-Dimension Evidence

What each work's passages reveal about its stance on each of the six dimensions.

Time

The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth

The c.1820 retirement-Monticello moment of Jefferson's mature deism.

Space

The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth

Monticello and the private space of Jefferson's religious practice.

Matter

The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth

The cut-and-pasted Gospel pages themselves as physical artefact.

Observer

The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth

Jefferson the rational-religious reader as proper subject of the compilation.

Energy

The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth

The intellectual-religious energies of mature Enlightenment deism.

Information

The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth

The ethical content Jefferson preserved from the Gospel narratives.

Internal Tensions

Where each work's argument pulls against itself.

The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth

The Jefferson Bible has been variously assessed — defenders see honest rational-religion, critics (orthodox Christians) see Enlightenment-rationalist mutilation of the Gospel; secular admirers see commendable practical-ethical recovery.