Jefferson and the Old Quest (9/29)
Pre-Quest: scholars mainly accepted gospels as truth & didn’t do historical analysis; Old Quest: scholars separated historical & theological Jesus Jefferson’s Bible …
Pre-Quest: scholars mainly accepted gospels as truth & didn’t do historical analysis; Old Quest: scholars separated historical & theological Jesus Jefferson’s Bible …
Jefferson constructed a bible with no traces of Jesus’ divinity, he focused on Jesus’ sayings, acts, moral/ethical teachings, etc this fits with …
William Linn’s characterization of Jefferson’s bible as an attack on the Christian faith represents the distinctive divide between the pre quest and …
Thomas Jefferson falls neatly into the Old Quest. He strived to find the “real Jesus” in the midst of all of the …