Historicity Quotes
11 quotes by 10 authors
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There is not a single contemporary historical mention of Jesus, not by Romans or by Jews, not by believers or by unbelievers, during his entire…
— Dan Barker
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I think the fault is more with historicists who have stubbornly failed to develop a good theory of historicity. By simply resting on the feeble…
— Earl Doherty
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The simple fact that the Christian fellowship, founded on belief in Jesus' resurrection, came into existence and flourished in the very city where he was…
— William Lane Craig
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Some writers may toy with the fancy of a ‘Christ-myth,’ but they do not do so on the ground of historical evidence. The historicity of…
— F. F. Bruce
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The question of historicity and actuality with regard to gods and unicorns is a relatively trifling matter which may be left to antiquarians and biologists,…
— Odell Shepard
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Whether he is aware of it or not, every human being dwells in tradition and history. Human memory is this constant dwelling in tradition. It…
— Medard Boss
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As my friend Jeremy Gilbert-Rolfe has argued persuasively, there is an element of positivity in the visible world, and in color particularly, that totally eludes…
— Dave Hickey
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The historicity of Christ is as axiomatic for an unbiased historian as the historicity of Julius Caesar.
— F. F. Bruce
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Do you believe in the existence of Socrates? Alexander the Great? Julius Caesar? If historicity is established by written records in multiple copies that date…
— Dinesh D'Souza
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About six years ago, Life magazine ran an article on the historicity of Jesus and I was floored to find that they conceded the only…
— Madalyn Murray O'Hair
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The community of masses of human beings has produced an order of life in regulated channels which connects individuals in a technically functioning organisation, but…
— Karl Jaspers
Who Wrote These Historicity Quotes
10 authors contributed a total of 11 Historicity Quotes as follows: