we know for a fact that the captain of the mayflower had a king james bible. we know where that bible is located. and we also know that they also brought another bible which is known as the geneva bible. what's really powerful about this exhibit is this geneva bible actually belonged to william bradford, who was the second lieutenant governor of plymouth, but this bible is kind of interesting in its very controversial because of what it is. in 1560 the first edition of this text english puritans fled from england to geneva. while they were there because they were under protestant persecution, they produced what is known as the geneva bible because it was translated there. this is the very first english bible that would use the hebrew and the greek in its translation. it's also the first english bible to contain what is known as the typeset that we are familiar with in the newspaper as well today. before you had this medieval gothic text. and now you have the more friendly, easier text to look upon. it's also the first bible with study notes. and the study notes

all bibles, geneva, king james bible, catholic bibles would come from europe or from the crown, if you will. when we declared our independence in 1776, the import of product from london ceased. it was brought to congress' attention we have a lack of english bibles. one of the colonial printers, robert aitken, presented the idea to produce an english text here in america. so first in 1777 he would produce an english new testament, new testament from king james bible. so the crown is still holding rights to this text, would basically make him an outlaw or outlaw printer. but there are only two of the first english new testaments printed in america in existence. one at the new york library, or you can come to museum of the bible and see this one here. in 1782, robert aitken would present an entire bible. this bible was reviewed by chaplains of congress, then passed on from congress to congress itself and reviewed, in which they gave robert aitken permission to print this bible. so this would be the first complete english bible ever printed in america. the only bible to receive congression

, in fact, the king james bible, for the most part that these americans are reading and if you know the king james you know it has its very distinct language. it has these very distinct rhythms and you hear these cadences and rhythms when you listen to the discourse of the founding era, and it's going to be this biblical language from this particular english bible that's going to inform their written and their spoken words. the ideas of scripture are going to shape their habits of mind and inform their political pursuits. now the bible was the most accessible and authoritative text for most 18th century americans, and effective communicators, politicians and polymicists will use the bible to reach their audiences and significantly both christian as well as skeptical founders including some who doubted the bible's divine origins are going to appeal to scripture in their political rhetoric, their political discourse. in a now famous study published in the american political science review on the sources cited in the political literature of the american founding, political scientist donald

all the bibles the geneva bible, king james bible, the catholic bible came from europe or came from thecrown, if you will. when we can declare our independence 1776, the import of products from london ceased, it was brought to the congress 's attention that we had a lack of english bibles. one of the colonial printers from the name of robert akin presented the idea to deduce an english test here in america. first, in 1777, he would produce an english new testament, which is the new testament for the king james bible. the crown still holding the right to this text. basically makes robert akin and outlaw, if you will. an outlaw predator. there are only two of the first english new testament printed in america in existence. once at the new york library. or you can go to the museum of the bible and see this one here. in 1782, robert akin would present an entire bible. in this bible, it was reviewed by the chapel -- and passed off of congress to congress itself, and reviewed. in which they gave robert akin permission to print this bible. this would be the first complete english bible ever pr

bible as a source of inspiration and justification for their political actions. we have three prominent scholars with us today. dr. thomas kidd. dr. daniel driesbeck, and dr. james bird who will talk with us about how the bible influenced the founding generation. our first session is the enigma of ben franklin's faith with thomas kidd. he tells us in his autobiography that he came a deist as a young man. yet, at the constitutional convention in 1787, franklin proposed that delegates open sessions with prayer. in this session, thomas kidd will explore the enigma of franklin's faith and the tension between his well-known skepticism and the enduring influence of his puritan upbringing on his familiarity with the bible. thomas kidd is a distinguished professor of history at baylor university and associate director of baylor's institute for studies of religion. he is the author of "benjamin franklin the religious life of a founding father." please, join me in welcoming dr. kidd. [ applause ] >> well, thank you to kay and thank you to the museum of the bible for hosting this wonderful event. it's -- it's a pleasure to be here, at the -- at the museum. i hope to -- to

one thing is clear, this was advertised to be paid for, very complex bill, 2700 pages, the king james bible is 1300 pages. massive builders when they fell short over a quarter of $1 trillion this was a few hours before chuck schumer tried to expedite this and pass it in the middle of the night. i wasn't going to stand for that. the american public needs to understand what we are looking at. my colleagues need a closer look at what we are looking at particularly with a budget shortfall a cordova trillion dollars, we will impart that much more inflation on our economy and our children and grandchildren. >> what they wanted to do required every senator to say yes and that is appropriate. there is 100 of you, the greatest country on earth, a few hundred, very few people have held those positions and you said no. one person saying no and it had to be you, people are probably upset at this point but what do we say and how do you feel about your party because this is another frustration americans feel when this is the kind of thing we didn't want but bills being passed without knowing what was in

henry viii grew up in the church and his version of the bible became the core of the king james bible ultra forbidden document became mainstream and it's still part of the bible. >> there is a boomerang effect that sometimes i think we don't know the full story. i'm thinking of salman rushdie. i think if you ask most people they say i remember he wrote a book that offended islamic mullahs who put out a kill on him and he had to go into hiding in england and that looked bad. but now he was up here in the mountains where i live not long ago having dinner a year ago and i saw him near me and my first thought was should i move. [laughter] but to most people it looks as if salman rushdie came out just fine. isn't there a kind of lingering affect of something like that, a kind of censorship that's underneath that people start watching themselves and whether they are going to publish more? is there a lingering effect that censorship likeip that has on an author? >> it certainly does and there's an accumulated effect sort of a step-by-step process. there is a writer that i want to give a shou

good sets for the sats, teaching american literature because african-american literature, the king james bible. beloved. i did that as i said because as you know, my mother was very sick and she told me one sunday night, i looked up and they were taking my mother to the hospital she bent over and told me she was going to die. i couldn't believe it, i'm so close to my mother and i went upstairs to my bedroom i got on my knees and cried and prayed and i prayed, baked jesus if if you let my mother lift, i will give my life to you and three days later she came home and i looked in thed mirror and saidh no. i hitchhiked, there were so few black people in eastern west virginia, i grew up halfway between pittsburgh and washington. my family has lived there for 200 years, all branches of my family think that african-american culture but where my people were from. we had one minister to churches, one in the county seat 5 miles away, they would have their service saturday afternoon and sunday morning service was there so saturday afternoon i hitchhiked, i do think about being hurt or anything, but how l

very soon and bicker up with the church tyndale's version of the bible became the core of the king james bible ultra forbidden document became mainstream and now fasting for five or six session. >> there is a boomerang of an sometimes i think we don't know the full story. i think if you ask most people say i remember he y wrote aboutn offended islamic who put out one on him which is kill him if you see him and he had to go into hiding and england and it looked bad and now he was appear where i live and i saw him near me and my first thought should i move? it looks as though it came out just fine, he still writing and all that is there a lingering effect of something like that? a censorship underneath that people start watching themselves whether they publish him, is there a lingering effect censorship like that has on offer for reading public? >> it certainly does there is a cumulative effect of it, a step-by-step process. as a writer i want to give a shout out to in england please check a lot of time on it and he used a wonderful phrase, which i wish i could find out we've internalized though

>> also twice as long as the king james bible to but into perspective.had it for six days by thursday we divided it up reading through it as furiously as we can certainly nobody had an opportunity to go to the cbo analysis when i blocked this. but the people that are rushing this through are the democrats. there is no reason we can't move this through regular order and take our time to assess and understand that. i am for hard infrastructure i worked my way to college shoveling asphalt. my father and grandfather in the road construction business. we want those that have a real return on investment. this bill does not accomplish that. there's so much more the has to do with hard investment or infrastructure. it drives us deeper into the whole parking another quarter of a million dollars on the shoulders of children and grandchildren. jon: you are getting support from newt gingrich putting out a tweet suggesting you want to get the support of other senators. senator haggerty is doing writing demanding more debate on the so-called infrastructure bill with n

that times change very soon and they broke with the church and the bible became the court the king james bibleo this altar for bitten document is now a bestseller. also it's part of the core bible >> yours is the meringue effect and sometimes sometimes they said we don't know the full story. i'm thinking of someone rushdie here and if you ask most person they'd say yes i remember he wrote a book that offended -- to put out a fatwa on him which was kill him if you see him and he had to go into hiding and that looks bad but now salman rushdie was up here where i live a while ago having dinner and i saw him near me in the first thought was fatwa and i moved, no. selman rushdie came out and he still writing and all of that but isn't there a kind of lingering effect of something like that a kind of censorship that's late and then underneath it people are still washing -- watching and is there a lingering effect of censorship like that that it has on author? >> it certainly does and it has the cumulative effect and a step-by-step process. i want to give a shadow to keenan who spend a lot of time on

the king james bible is 1300 pages. when they fell short, over a quote quarter of a trillion dollars this was announced a couple of hours between chuck schumer tried to introduce this classic in the american people needs to understand what we're looking at right my colleagues need a closer look at what we'r looking at particularly with th budget shortfall, we're going t put that much more debt, that much more inflation on our economy and on our children and grandchildren what they wanted to do required every single senator to say yes. there is 100 of you, the greatest country on earth, just a few hundred very few people have every held those positions and you said no, one person saying no, and it had to be you and i guess people were probabl upset at this point, but how do you feel about your party because this is another frustration that americans feel when this is exactly the kind o thing we didn't want. bills being passed without knowing what was in them. as if they just don't care and it's time for summer recess. is

the bible which put me good for the sat because the text of african-american culture is the king james biblen beloved in solomon. so i did that because my mother was very sick and she told me one sunday night i looked at my parents were all dressed my mother is at the hospital and bent over and told me she was going to die. i cannot believe it i'm so my mother. i went upstairs to my bedroom and got on my knees and i cried and prayed and said jesus let my mother live i will give my soul to you lord and then a few days later she came home from the hospital i looked in the mirror and said oh no. t [laughter] so the following saturday i hitchhiked there were so few black people in western virginia aggravated way between pittsburgh and washington my family lived there for 200 years you don't think that as a hotbed of african-american culture but that's where my people are from. we had one minister for two churches one in the county seat 5 miles away they would have their service on saturday afternoon and then sunday morning service was in piedmont so i hitchhiked. i did not think about anything b

the bible put me in a good place for the sats, the text of african-american literature as a king james bible told me one sunday night i looked out and my parents were endressed they were taking my mother to the hospital and she cried and told me she was going to die and i couldn't believe it. i'm so close to my mother and i went upstairs to my bedroom i got on my knees and prayed and prayed and set my mother live, i will give my soul to you and three days later, my mother came home and i looked in the mirror and set up zero. [laughter] the following saturday i hitchhiked, there were so few black people in eastern west fevirginia, i grew up halfway between pittsburgh and washington. my family has lived for 200 years, don't think of it as a hotbed of african-american culture so that's where my people were from. we had one minister, two churches, one in the county seat 5 miles away, they would have their service saturday afternoon sunday morning service was in piedmont so saturday afternoon i hitchhiked, i didn't think about being hurt or anything, that's how innocent life was thin and i hitchh

soon and they broke with the church tindell's version of the bible became the core of the king james bible so this forbidden document became mainstream. [laughter] >> bestseller. >> also still part of the court bible. >> there is a boomerang effect, and sometimes i think we don't know the full story. i'm thinking of rushdie here if you ask most people they say yes, i remember he wrote a book that offended islamic who put up, kill him ecm and he had to go into hiding in england and that looks bad but he was up here in the mountains where i live not long ago having dinner, a year ago and i saw him near m. [laughter] he looks as though rushdie came out just fine, he still writing and all of that but isn't there a lingering effect of something like that? a kind of censorship underneath that people start watching themselves whether they are going to publish them? is there a lingering effect censorship like that has on an author or reading public? >> it certainly does and there is an accumulative effect in a step-by-step process. there's a writer to give a shout out to england who's spent a lot

because that second text of african-american literature got me through the king james bible.dness. and i did that because my mother was very sick and told me one sunday i looked up and my parents were all dressed they took my mother to the hospital she bent over and cried and said she was going to die. i cannot believe it. i was so close to my mother. i went upstairs to my bedroom and i got on my knees i cried and i prayed please that my mother lives. i will give my soul to you in a few days later my mother came home from the hospital and did not die. i looked in the mirror and said oh no. [laughter] so i hitchhiked there were so few black people in eastern west virginia i grew up halfway between pittsburgh and washington and the allegheny mountains my family have lived there 200 years with all branches of my family. you don't think of that as the hotbed of african culture but we had one minister for two churches. one in the county seat. they would have their service on saturday afternoon and then sunday morning service was in piedmont. so i hitchhiked. i didn't think about b

henry viii broke with the church and tyndall's version of the bible became the core of the kingis james bible so this altar for bitten document became mainstream. >> of bestseller. >> a bestseller in it still part of the corey bible. >> e. theirs is boomerang effect and sometimes, sometimes i think we don't know the full story. i'm thinking of salman rushdie here and i think you'd ask most people they'd say yes i remember he wrote a book that offended -- and they put a fatwa out on him and he had to go into hiding in england and that looks bad but now solomon rushdie, he was up here in the mountains where i live not long ago having dinner and i saw him near me and my first thought was fought the law, should i move? [laughter] but to most people it looks as though salman rushdie came out just fine. he still writing and all that. but isn't there a kind of lingering effect or something like that? a kind of censorship that's late and that's underneath the people start watching themselves whether they are going to publish him? is there a lingering effect of censorship like that that it has on an a

african-american literature from phyllis wheatley through tonus toni morrison is the king james bible. with that song of solomon, my goodness and beloved. and i did that as i said because as you know, my mother was very sick and she told me one sunday night, i looked up and my parents were all dressed and they were taken to the hospital and she bent over and she cried telling meshe was going to die and i'm just, i couldn't believe it .i was so close to my mother.and i went upstairs to my bedroom and i got on my knees and i cried and i prayed and i begged jesus let my motherlive . dear lord, three days later my mother came home from the hospital. i looked in the mirror and i said oh number the following saturday i hitchhiked there was so few black people in eastern west virginia, i grew up halfway between pittsburgh and washington. allegheny mountains, my families lived there for 200 years , all branches of my family. it's a hotbed of african-american culture. but that's where my peopleare from . and we had one minister for two churches. one in the counties five miles away. they would

that times changed very very soon, and tyndale's version of the bible became the core of the king james bible, so this ultra forbidden document became mainstream -- >> best seller today. >> and lasting for five or six centuries because it is still part of the core bible. >> yeah. so there is this boomerang effect, and sometimes -- sometimes i think we don't know the full story. i'm thinking of rushti. people will say he wrote a book that offended islamic mullahs that put out a kill if you see him, and he had to go into hiding in england, and that looked bad. salman rushti was up in the mountains where i live not long ago having dinner. at first i thought oh, should i move? but no anyway. [laughter] >> it looks as though salman rushti came out just fine. he's still writing and all of that. but isn't there a kind of lingering effect of something like that? there's a kind of censorship that people kind of watch themselves, on whether they are going to publish him? is there a lingering effect that censorship has on an author? >> it certainly does. there's a cumulative effect of it. it's sort of a

a king james bible is 1300 pages, to put it into perspective. [laughter] this is crazy.dite because he's got this $3.5 trillion package waiting on back end. again, he's trying to shove us in a direction. i'm not going to do anything to expedite his movement toward the transformation of america that joe biden has talked about. david: so explain to us how it greases the skids into those other trillion dollar packagings. >> i think chuck schumer would have enjoyed passing this in the dark of night last night. hope this is all distorted by people's focus and what's happening with governor cuomo or mask mandates and restaurants in new york city, that he could slip this through and in the process transform america and put the green new deal fully into motion. he's going to destroy the fossil fuel industry, more death taxes, more taxes on job creators, you know, more personal taxes. they're going to kill capital investment in america and shove more jobs overseas. that's where we're headed. this gives us the opportunity to have the conversation we're having right now for your vi

but the ultimate is the bible. james madison's views on religious freedom were not the result of his reading of the bible. that's not the way things work. he was not a theologian. he wasn't a religious philosopher. nonetheless, it is evident he is adapting ideas developed by christian thinkers on the basis of the scriptures. in that sense, the bible had an influence on madison's conception of religious freedom. thank you very much. [ applause ] >> thank you, our last speaker, jacqueline rivers, she's the executive director and senior fellow for social sciences and policy at the seymour institute for black church and policy studies. she's also a non-resident fellow for the institutes of studies at baylor. recent projects have focused. on launch bioethics on launching the focus of marriage at the vatican. she holds a ph.d. from harvard university where she was a fellow and a graduate research fellow of the national science foundation. she's presented at many universities across the country. her latest publication appears i

but the ultimate source is the bible. james meadson's views on religious freedom were not the result of his reading of the bible. that's not the way things work. he was not a theologian. he won't a religious philosopher. nonetheless, it is evident he is adapting ideas developed by christian thinkers on the basis of the scriptures n. that sense, the bible had an influence on madison's conception of religious freedom. thank you very much. [ applause ] >> thank you, resident. our last speaker, dr. jacqueline rivers is currently a lecture at harvard insurance. at is see more institute for black church and policy studies. she is also a non-resident fellow at the ips institute for studies of religion at baylor. recent projects focused on launching the black church commission on bioethics, human life and marriage and an international symposium on marriage and the family hosted by the vatican. she holds a ph.d. from harvard where she was a doctoral fellow in equality and social policy at the kennedy school and a graduate research fello

the ultimate sars is the bible. james madison's views on religious freedoms were not the result of his reading of the bible. it is not the way things work. he was not a feel lagoon. he was not really just for your -- philosopher. nonetheless, it was at the, he is adapting ideas that was -- and that sense, the bible had an influence on madison's conception of religious freedom. thank you very much. [applause] >> thank you, robert. our last speaker, doctor jacqueline rivers is a lecturer at harvard university. she is the executive director and senior fellow for social sciences in policy at the seymour institute for black church. and policy studies. she is also a nonresident fellow at the institute for studies of religion at baylor. recent projects have focused on launching the black work commission on bioethical -- marriage and the palace hosted by the vatican. she has a ph.d. from harvard university where she was a doctorate fellow in any quality and social polity at the candy school, and graduate research in national scie

our third session of today is the bible in the american revolution, with the james bird. in this presentation, based on his latest book, james bird shows that the bible was a key text of the american revolution. when working to the colonies, preachers, patriots alike, turned to the bible, not only for solace but for explorations of fight. such scripture helped amateur soldiers overcome their natural aversion to killing, convert on those who died for the revolution, the halo of martyrdom. and he gave americans a sense of the divine providence of their calls. in this session, doctor bird will examine specific biblical texts and how they were used, especially making the patriotic calls for war. case for war. james byrd is chair of the graduate department of religion and associate professor of american religious history at vanderbilt university. his latest book is sacred scripture, sacred war, the bible in the american revolution. he is currently working on a book, on the bible and the american civil war. please join me in welcoming dr. bird. [applause] >> thank, you i'm so p

twice the size of king james bible.arter of a trillion dollars in holes. there is enough to expedite this in the dank of night. the whole purpose is to obfuscate. this is a distraction from what is chuck schumer's goal that is to light the fuse on $3.5 trillion debt bomb that's right around the corner. i stopped that. this is the world's greatest deliberative body right here in the senate. it's given my 99 other colleagues a chance to review this and understand what's happening. for us to have this conversation this morning and for the american public to see what's in it. what this brought sunshine to the process. a member of the bipartisan committee that put this together say look i'm not going to be able to vote for this anymore after reviewing the cbo score. also putting a lot of pressure on members in the house who are in swing districts hearing from their constituents the same way i am in tennessee. this is far too big. far too monitorster russ. not enough hard infrastructure in it and far too much debt for our chi

part of a owesium hosted in washington, d.c. >> our third session today is the bible and the american revolution with james byrd. in this presentation based on his latest book, he shows that the bible was a key text of the american revolution when war came to the colonies, preachers and patriots turned to the bible for solace and exhortations to fight. such scripture helped soldiers. conferred on those who died for the revolution and he gave americans a sense of the divine providence of their calls. in this session, dr. byrd will examine specific biblical text and how they were used especially in making the patriotic calls for war. james byrd is chair of the graduate department of religion and associate professor of american religion at vanderbilt university. the latest book is "sacred scripture, sacred war." join me in welcoming dr. byrd. [ applause ] >> well, thank you. i'm pleased to be here. and to be joining in this important conversation at the museum of the bible. i'm honored to be sharing the podium with two scholars that i have admired for years, and i thank the team here at the museum of the bibl

this is the actual bible, king james version. his great granddaughter has. that she let them borrow the bible, and i went through every page, from the old testament to the new testament. a few places tom had made remarks on certain passages of scripture. and then i came to second samuel, chapter 22, versus seven. i don't know if he was trying to make asterisks or not. if he, was he was about as good at making them as i am. but there were quite a few of these marks. and i will read it to you because i know it is a little bit hard probably for you to see from where you are sitting. in my distress i called up on the lord, and i cried to my god, and he did hear my voice, out of his temple and my cry did enter into his ears. in all seven volumes of tom's journals, he did not mention any particular passage of scripture. however, he did say when he was lying in the floor of the wheatley farmhouse, and every surgeon that looked at him said, son, i'm sorry, you're going to die. you are not going to make it. he was holding this bible. and he mentioned in his writings t

. >> the pastor was a charismatic man named james flanders, who preached the bible four square. preached in jeans, sneakers. lived streamed and youtubed his sermons. >> it was a very happening place. >> jason anderson was the youth pastor. >> i fell asleep living to his service. [laughs] >> but more than that, the pastor and his wife, james and tanya flanders were known for their big hearts, their charity. and the swine for a third time, a family took in marie. >> qi saying that she was there until she got on her feet. >> but a whole year went by. and then, what was coming couldn't be hidden. the story floating around? there had been an abusive boyfriend who abandoned her and left her pregnant. and a july, 2011, marie gave birth to a baby girl and named her grace. the pastor and his wife took care of both of them. >> it was explained to me that they were helping her out. that she was down on her luck. >> she was by all appearances, saved. spiritually by faith, and practiced practically by the pastor and his wife. so, imagine the surprise, when a strange group text message popped

tv, religious historians discuss the influence the bible and other writings had on american political and social justice, like thomas jefferson, james madison, and martin luther king jr. the museum of the bible and the baylor institute for the studies of religion cohosted the session. this is an hour. >> i'm tony zeiz, director of the museum, what a privilege it is to be in this terrific building, and we hope you'll come to think of this as your museum, because it's the community's museum. in fact, it's the world's museum. we are going to be live on c-span tonight. thank you so much, fellows for what you're doing. we appreciate that. we're very excited to welcome you to the museum. you'll have to come back. it takes several

bible. thank you. next, on american history tv, religious historians -- on american political and social justice figures like thomas jefferson, james madison, and martin luther king jr.. the museum of the bible, and the baylor institute for studies of religion coast of the discussion. this is an hour. >> i am tony's iced, the director of the museum, what a wonderful privilege to be in a terrific bolden, we hope that you come to think of this very soon as your museum, because it is the new community museum. in fact, it is their world museum. we are going to be live on c-span tonight, thank you so

bible apps on their phones and identifying them. it's just what are their standards? again, i think everybody should be a free speech platform but you can't have this list and then be. will: jamesete: it was. rachel: you got off the naughty boy list. pete: how soon we forget what isis did so effectively which is use social media to recruit westerners to their cause why would the tall pan not attempt to do the same? >> twitter does stand apart from the other mainstream platforms. facebook, instagram, linked. in they have banned the taliban twitter not so much. pete: twitter more pro-taliban. >> generally. rachel: great reporting. if you ever hear back from twitter. all right, ask them about pete. all right. well, come up. an american flag is vandalized at a veteran-owned coffee shop. the owners will join us live. a college is taking critical race theory to task by releasing their 1776 curriculum. an educator at that school joins us next. stay with us. ♪ armers claim forgiveness... [echoing] claim forgiveness-ness, your home premium won't go up just because of this. (woman) wow, that's something. (burke) you get a whole lot of something with farmers policy perks. [echoing] get a