I know I've been back and forth about this already. But I'm doing something completely different from where I started.
The Jefferson Bible was originally an audio book project. As you can read in previous posts, it's challenging to read for an audio book! So, I've decided that it still merits an update into something resembling 21st century english. I found a version of scripture that is copyright free and reads well enough, though it is not my preferred translation. I'm doing a direct parallel from the texts Jefferson used in the new version, and it is much easier to read.
This means I'm doing the book (probably in a 4×6" format paperback) a downloadable PDF, an audio book on CD and an audio book download. Four versions! It's official – I'm nuts or something.
Modern theologians poo-pooh Jefferson and his deism ideals. But if you look at is as just the life and words of Jesus without the controversial parts of it, it still is an interesting read. This would be the book to give a person who was curious about Jesus but not really interested in the "God" stuff.
Jefferson gave his thoughts pretty eloquently himself so I'm not going to try to defend it.
I just hate to see interesting literature on the shelf because it loses its inherent communication ability because it's just plain old! For that matter, I'm still pissed at Cortez that we don't have more information on the Aztec and Mayan cultures. Whatever idiots burn books need to burn themselves.
