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title: "3 Historian Religion Quotes by 3 authors"
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> [In the entire first Christian century Jesus is not mentioned by a single Greek or Roman historian, religion scholar, politician, philosopher or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bart-d-ehrman/in-the-entire-first-christian-century-jesus-is-not-mentioned-by-a/)

[Bart D. Ehrman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bart-d-ehrman/)

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> [It is not without fear and trembling that a historian of religion approaches the problem of myth. This is not only because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mircea-eliade/it-is-not-without-fear-and-trembling-that-a-historian-of-religion/)

[Mircea Eliade](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mircea-eliade/)

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> [I never intended to be a historian of religion. My aim was to become a professor of English Literature in a university,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-armstrong/i-never-intended-to-be-a-historian-of-religion-my-aim-was-to-become-a/)

[Karen Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-armstrong/)

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