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AT MONTICELLO, VIRGINIA, THOMAS JEFFERSON COMPILED HIS OWN VERSION OF THE FOUR GOSPELS OF THE BIBLE, EXTRACTING WHAT HE BELIEVED TO BE THE MORAL ...
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| 00:01:03 |
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MORE ABOUT THE DETAILS OF HOW JEFFERSON CAME TO CREATE THIS RARE BOOK. BUT FROM THE STANDPOINT OF THE MUSEUM, WHAT'S INTERESTING TO ME IS THAT IT REALLY...
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| 00:03:37 |
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YOU A REAL BRIEF INTRODUCTION ABOUT WHAT IS THE JEFFERSON BIBLE. WHICH IS GOING TO BE BRIEF BECAUSE A LOT HAS BEEN WRITTEN ABOUT IT AND A LOT MORE WILL...
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| 00:11:03 |
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WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE JEFFERSON BIBLE IS REALLY LOOK. WE DID A SURVEY OF ALL OF THE FEATURES THAT WE THOUGHT WERE CONTRIBUTING TO ITS VULNERABILITY....
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| 00:17:06 |
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JESUS OF NAZARETH, EXTRACTED TEXT BASICALLY FROM THE GOSPELS IN GREEK, LATIN, FRENCH AND ENGLISH." >> THAT'S HIS WRITING? >> THIS IS HIS
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| 00:17:17 |
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WRITING. WITHOUTING TO MODIFICATION FOR THE BINDING. WE COULD OPEN THE BOOK ABOUT A 30-DEGREE ANGLE BEFORE THE PAPER WOULD REQUIRE IT TO BEND. WHICH...
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| 00:19:19 |
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FRENCH, IT'S THE EXACT SAME PASSAGES? >>
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| 00:19:22 |
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YES, SO YOU COULD READ IT STRAIGHT ACROSS IN THE DIFFERENT TRANSLATIONS. >> JEFFERSON
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| 00:19:27 |
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BEING JEFFERSON DIDN'T WANT TO READ THE BIBLE WITH ONE TRANSLATION THAT LEECHES IT ALL UP TO ONE TRANSLATOR. SO HE ORDERED A NUMBER OF BIBLES -- FRENCH...
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| 00:20:02 |
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ARE THE ACTUAL TWO ENGLISH LANGUAGE SOURCE BOOKS THAT JEFFERSON CUT FROM TO MAKE THIS JEFFERSON BIBLE. I WAS VERY IMPRESSED WITH HIS HAND SKILLS. ...
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| 00:21:02 |
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JESUS. AND -- IT LOOKS LIKE HE'S MADE A CHANGE HERE BUT I HONESTLY DON'T KNOW WHAT HE'S WRITTEN OVER. HE ROLLED A GREAT STONE TO THE DOOR. AND DEPARTED....
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| 00:21:20 |
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RIGHT. AND THIS IS MY FAVORITE CORRECTION. IT READS IN OTHER TRANSLATIONS, FOR AS IN THE DAY. BUT TO HAVE THREE PREPOSITIONS IN A ROW WAS JUST ONE TOO...
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| 00:21:47 |
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DOES, HE'S NOT JUST READING ALONG AND FLIPPING AS HE GOES. THIS IS A PLANNED PROJECT. AT LEAST THAT'S WHAT WE BELIEVE IT TO BE. AND HE CREATES SS...
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| 00:22:18 |
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WHAT HE WANTED TO USE? >> YES. >> WHAT HE INCLUDED? >> DO YOU
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| 00:22:21 |
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THINK HE CREATED THAT IN THE YEARS LEADING UP TO -- IN THE OTHER BOOK THAT HE MADE? >> IN THE OTHER BOOK THAT
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| 00:22:26 |
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HE MADE, WHAT HISTORIANS HAVE DONE IS THIS ALSO, THERE'S AN INDEX OF WHAT'S KNOWN AS THE PHILOSOPHY OF JESUS. WHICH IS WHAT JEFFERSON TITLES THAT...
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| 00:23:20 |
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LITTLE DISCOVERY THIS WEEK. WHICH IS ALWAYS FUN. WE FOUND THAT WHEN WE REMOVED SOME OF THE STUBS, WE FOUND A WATERMARK. AND IT'S P.A. MESSIER. AND...
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| 00:24:38 |
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INTERESTING SORT OF SUBCHAPTER TO THIS. IS THAT AFTER THE SMITHSONIAN OBTAINS THE BIBLE, CONGRESS ACTUALLY AUTHORIZES, THROUGH THE PUBLIC PRINTER, A REPRODUCTION...
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| 00:25:02 |
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RUNS OUT. SO EVERY NEW MEMBER OF CONGRESS, BOTH HOUSE AND SENATE -- JUST THOSE IN THE HOUSE? >> THE HOUSE RUNS
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| 00:25:10 |
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OUT OF THEM VERY QUICKLY. SO THE SENATE CONTINUES TO DO THIS UNTIL THE 1950s. >> YES. >> AND IT'S BELIEVED
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| 00:25:17 |
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THAT FRANK CHURCH MIGHT HAVE RECEIVED THE LAST COPY. AND RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU IS WHAT THEY WOULD HAVE RECEIVED. THIS IS THE PHOTOMECHANICAL REPRODUCTION...
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| 00:26:35 |
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IF WE DID NOTHING TO THIS BIBLE, THERE WOULD BE ACTIVELY MORE DAMAGE OCCURRING, MORE FRAGILITY OCCURRING. SO WE'RE REALLY SAVING IT FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS....
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| 00:27:04 |
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ISN'T THAT RIGHT? >> ABSOLUTELY. PART OF THE GOAL IS TO CREATE A BASELINE FOR ITS CURRENT CONDITION. SO THAT WE CAN ABSOLUTELY QUANTIFY HOW IT'S...
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| 00:27:15 |
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OF WONDERFUL, INCREDIBLE THINGS AT THIS MUSEUM. BUT WHAT I THINK IS -- NOT EXCEPTIONAL ABOUT THIS PIECE BUT IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT REALLY ATTRACTS...
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| 00:29:56 |
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GOES ON EXHIBIT AT THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN HISTORY, BEGINNING IN NOVEMBER OF THIS YEAR. GO
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NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.