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Jaroslav Pelikan was a renowned American historian and theologian, known for his research on the history of Christianity. His works covered the development of Christianity from ancient times to the modern era, with a particular focus on the Reformation and Christian theology.

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“Unlike most readers in Antiquity who read their books aloud, we have developed the convention of reading silently. This lets us read more widely but often less well, especially when what we are reading-such as the plays of Shakespeare and Holy Scripture-is a body of oral material that has been, almost but not quite accidentally, captured in a book like a fly in amber.”

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Book:Whose Bible Is It?: A Short History of the Scriptures

Source: Whose Bible Is It?: A Short History of the Scriptures

“Regardless of what anyone may personally think or believe about him, Jesus of Nazareth has been the dominant figure in the history of western culture for almost twenty centuries... It is from his birth that most of the human race dates its calendars, it is by his name that millions curse and in his name that millions pray.”

Source: Jesus through the centuries: Mary through the centuries

“An agnostic position is one that leaves open the question whether there exists a god or gods, professing to find such a question unanswered or unanswerable. For the atheist, the question has been answered, and in the negative.”

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Book:The Melody of Theology: A Philosophical Dictionary

Source: The Melody of Theology: A Philosophical Dictionary