According to Fox News, President Obama was sworn in using a Lincoln bible borrowed from the Library of Congress.
There is also a story that he had a Koran with him if that is what you are asking.
Barack Obama used the Lincoln Bible for his first inauguration in 2009 and for his second inauguration in 2013. The Lincoln Bible is a historic Bible that belonged to Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States.
Yes Abraham Lincoln reached Washington, D.C. for his inauguration on March 4, 1861. His belongings, included his bible,
I thought he had audio tape version written by Helen Thomas and Kitty Kelly
Jehovah's Witnesses. They use the entire Bible.
Putting the hand on the Bible. Washington started it using a Masonic bible.
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One was the bible that President Abraham Lincoln used in his first inauguration. The other was a "traveling bible" that Dr. Martin Luther King used to carry with him.
President-elect Barack Obama will use the same Bible at his inauguration that Abraham Lincoln used for his swearing in. Obama will be the first president since Lincoln to use that Bible, part of the collection of the Library of Congress. You mean 'has used' not 'will use' since he was inagurated on 20th January, that's 7 days ago. The Bible was the one used by Abraham Lincoln.
Most Presidential inaugurations before the modern era had the Justice of the Peace or other Government official/clerk hold the bible. Lyndon Johnson would be the first President to have his wife hold the bible for his Presidential Inauguration.
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Franklin Pierce was the only president to say "I promise" instead of "I swear" at his inauguration. Herbert Hoover also affirmed the oath, which is a constitutional alternative to swearing.
Barack Obama will be using the same bible Abraham Lincoln used when he was sworn in as President.