Autobiography Quote by John Dominic Crossan

“Study of the historical Jesus belongs to the diversity and pluralism of modernity, or, if you prefer, postmodernity, and there can be no easy…

— Allison Jr., Dale C

Like every man who appears at an epoch which is historical and rendered famous by his works, Jesus Christ has a history, a history…

— Jean-Baptiste Henri Lacordaire

I think if you place Jesus firmly in the historical context... you can make very educated hypotheses and guesses about how he lived.

— Reza Aslan

“There's a peculiar dichotomy in the nature of almost anyone who calls himself a historian. Such scholars all piously assure us that they're telling…

— David Eddings

History is a sacred kind of writing, because truth is essential to it, and where truth is, there God himself is, so far as…

— Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra

In his own lifetime Jesus made no impact on history. This is something that I cannot but regard as a special dispensation on God's…

— Malcolm Muggeridge

I am an historian, I am not a believer, but I must confess as a historian that this penniless preacher from Nazareth is irrevocably…

— H. G. Wells

“If Jesus had been an actual historical figure we have a thorny paradox. Either this Jesus was a remarkable individual who said and did…

— David Fitzgerald

“This is an extremely difficult matter for modern readers of the gospels to grasp, but Luke never meant for his story about Jesus's birth…

— Reza Aslan

Historical fiction is not history. You're blending real events and actual historical personages with characters of your own creation.

— George R. R. Martin

“If there is a single fact which anyone who seriously studies the history of Christianity cannot help but be struck by, it is the…

— Savitri Devi

Most of the history is a divine work of fiction.

— Kedar Joshi