RileyE104
03-14-2010, 12:55 PM
I never knew about this..
That same day during his oath reenactment, Ellison used a two volume Quran published in London in 1764 that was once owned by Thomas Jefferson and loaned to Ellison by "the rare book and special collections division at the Library of Congress". According to Ellison, "It demonstrates that from the very beginning of our country, we had people who were visionary, who were religiously tolerant, who believed that knowledge and wisdom could be gleaned from any number of sources, including the Quran." Historian Kevin J. Hayes in his book How Thomas Jefferson Read the Qur'an explains that Jefferson purchased the book in 1765 while studying for the bar exam to become a lawyer.
I'm starting to like Jefferson more and more than I ever have.. I didn't even know about the "Jefferson Bible" until I read a post on here today.. I'm going to go buy a copy of it and read it this week.. :D
BTW, the guy in the quote above is Keith Ellison, who's the first black-Muslim to be elected to Congress.
He used TJ's Quran to be sworn in.. I think it's kind of interesting. Apparently he got a lot of criticism for doing that... What do you guys think?
That same day during his oath reenactment, Ellison used a two volume Quran published in London in 1764 that was once owned by Thomas Jefferson and loaned to Ellison by "the rare book and special collections division at the Library of Congress". According to Ellison, "It demonstrates that from the very beginning of our country, we had people who were visionary, who were religiously tolerant, who believed that knowledge and wisdom could be gleaned from any number of sources, including the Quran." Historian Kevin J. Hayes in his book How Thomas Jefferson Read the Qur'an explains that Jefferson purchased the book in 1765 while studying for the bar exam to become a lawyer.
I'm starting to like Jefferson more and more than I ever have.. I didn't even know about the "Jefferson Bible" until I read a post on here today.. I'm going to go buy a copy of it and read it this week.. :D
BTW, the guy in the quote above is Keith Ellison, who's the first black-Muslim to be elected to Congress.
He used TJ's Quran to be sworn in.. I think it's kind of interesting. Apparently he got a lot of criticism for doing that... What do you guys think?