(June 29, 2016 at 3:32 pm)Spirian Wrote:(June 29, 2016 at 2:06 pm)Drich Wrote: It sounds like he wanted a quick reference to the teachings of Christ so as to have something to read at night.
A "quick reference" guide to a 2000+ year old teaching.
Sounds silly, doesn't it?
ahhhh... No
Say you answer questions on Hell or the Ark quite a bit. Would it not be good to have a notebook with all the passages on the ark or Hell or whatever all in one place?
Jefferson was a student on the Morals and philosophy of Christ. So then in a time before study guides and google what he did (compile all the morality and philosophical teachings into one volume or in this case two) was what people did back then.
What cements this as a personal study r quick reference guide are the notes he hand wrote into the margins tying these passages together.
Which is why Jefferson did not call his work a bible or the "Jefferson bible."
