Finally, @danielsilliman.bsky.social in Christianity Today, with the best opening line of any review I've received:
"I first heard of Thomas Jefferson’s Bible as a warning."
www.christianitytoday.com/2020/12/jeff...
"I first heard of Thomas Jefferson’s Bible as a warning."
www.christianitytoday.com/2020/12/jeff...
Thomas Jefferson Tried to ‘Fix’ the Bible. He Only Succeeded in Making It Sad. - Christianity Today
The third president’s attempts to revise Scripture offer a warning about our own tendency to “edit” the truth.
www.christianitytoday.com
November 4, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Finally, @danielsilliman.bsky.social in Christianity Today, with the best opening line of any review I've received:
"I first heard of Thomas Jefferson’s Bible as a warning."
www.christianitytoday.com/2020/12/jeff...
"I first heard of Thomas Jefferson’s Bible as a warning."
www.christianitytoday.com/2020/12/jeff...
Nicole Penn in @thebulwark.com:
"If there’s one thing that Manseau makes clear about Jefferson’s religious evolution, it’s that America’s third president had little use for mystery."
www.thebulwark.com/p/thomas-jef...
"If there’s one thing that Manseau makes clear about Jefferson’s religious evolution, it’s that America’s third president had little use for mystery."
www.thebulwark.com/p/thomas-jef...
Thomas Jefferson’s Not-So-Peculiar Mind
What the third president’s unorthodox cut-and-paste project can teach us about our longings and our politics.
www.thebulwark.com
November 4, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Nicole Penn in @thebulwark.com:
"If there’s one thing that Manseau makes clear about Jefferson’s religious evolution, it’s that America’s third president had little use for mystery."
www.thebulwark.com/p/thomas-jef...
"If there’s one thing that Manseau makes clear about Jefferson’s religious evolution, it’s that America’s third president had little use for mystery."
www.thebulwark.com/p/thomas-jef...
James Parker in @theatlantic.com:
"Was Thomas Jefferson an atheist? Plenty of people thought so. Jefferson never identified himself as such, of course... As it turned out, Jefferson attacked only one copy of the Bible: his own."
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
"Was Thomas Jefferson an atheist? Plenty of people thought so. Jefferson never identified himself as such, of course... As it turned out, Jefferson attacked only one copy of the Bible: his own."
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
Reading Thomas Jefferson’s Bible
The president preferred Jesus’s teachings to his supernatural acts—and edited his copy of the New Testament accordingly.
www.theatlantic.com
November 4, 2025 at 7:00 PM
James Parker in @theatlantic.com:
"Was Thomas Jefferson an atheist? Plenty of people thought so. Jefferson never identified himself as such, of course... As it turned out, Jefferson attacked only one copy of the Bible: his own."
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
"Was Thomas Jefferson an atheist? Plenty of people thought so. Jefferson never identified himself as such, of course... As it turned out, Jefferson attacked only one copy of the Bible: his own."
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
From the great Vinson Cunningham in the @newyorker.com:
"Jefferson’s Bible ends before the Resurrection, with Jesus crucified by the Roman occupiers, as the Gospels tell us he was. Jefferson’s austere editing turns the killing almost into an afterthought."
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
"Jefferson’s Bible ends before the Resurrection, with Jesus crucified by the Roman occupiers, as the Gospels tell us he was. Jefferson’s austere editing turns the killing almost into an afterthought."
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
What Thomas Jefferson Could Never Understand About Jesus
Jefferson revised the Gospels to make Jesus more reasonable, and lost the power of his story.
www.newyorker.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:57 PM
From the great Vinson Cunningham in the @newyorker.com:
"Jefferson’s Bible ends before the Resurrection, with Jesus crucified by the Roman occupiers, as the Gospels tell us he was. Jefferson’s austere editing turns the killing almost into an afterthought."
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
"Jefferson’s Bible ends before the Resurrection, with Jesus crucified by the Roman occupiers, as the Gospels tell us he was. Jefferson’s austere editing turns the killing almost into an afterthought."
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Happy to send you a copy!
October 28, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Happy to send you a copy!
I was not prepared for its brilliance.
September 24, 2025 at 2:23 AM
I was not prepared for its brilliance.
So glad to know I'm not the only person who saw this fever dream.
September 24, 2025 at 2:15 AM
So glad to know I'm not the only person who saw this fever dream.