David Strauss Quote

If there be a mind that, not perceiving in the narratives we have compared the fingermarks of tradition, and hence the legendary character of these evangelical anecdotes, still leans to the historical interpretation, whether natural or supernatural; that mind must be alike ignorant of the true character both of legend and of history, of the natural and the supernatural.


The Life of Jesus: Critically Examined (ed. 1860)


If there be a mind that, not perceiving in the narratives we have compared the fingermarks of tradition, and hence the legendary character of these...

If there be a mind that, not perceiving in the narratives we have compared the fingermarks of tradition, and hence the legendary character of these...

If there be a mind that, not perceiving in the narratives we have compared the fingermarks of tradition, and hence the legendary character of these...

If there be a mind that, not perceiving in the narratives we have compared the fingermarks of tradition, and hence the legendary character of these...