Professor David Forte’s essay, “When Thomas Jefferson Read the Qur’an,” has been published by the Online Library of Law & Liberty, a production of The Liberty Fund.  It can be read here.  In this essay, Professor Forte reviews Professor Denise Spellberg’s book, “Thomas Jefferson’s Qur’an: Islam and the Founders.”  Professor Spellberg is an Associate Professor of history and Middle eastern studies at the University of Texas at Austin.