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  • Jefferson's Secret Bible (2012)
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    TV Movie | 51 min | Documentary
Jefferson's Secret Bible (2012)
TV-G
TV Movie | 51 min | Documentary
Relatively few people know that along with authoring the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson also compiled his own text, drawn carefully from passages extracted out of the New Testament, that he titled "The Life and Morals of ...See moreRelatively few people know that along with authoring the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson also compiled his own text, drawn carefully from passages extracted out of the New Testament, that he titled "The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth." The book, which focused on the ethical teachings of Jesus, was a private undertaking for Jefferson and never made public in his lifetime. Now, experts at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History are meticulously conserving this fragile volume, page by brittle page. Along the way, they discover subtle hidden clues to Jefferson himself. See less
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Director
Molly Hermann
Writer
Molly Hermann
Producer
Molly Hermann
Cinematographer
Rob Lyall
Editor
Kerry Sullivan
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Updated Feb 20, 2012
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Feb 20, 2012 (United States)
Awards
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