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scholars and critically examine the historical method of theologians. Joseph<br />

McCabe (1867–1955), a formidably gifted linguist, orator, writer and translator,<br />

[31] who started life as a Roman Catholic priest, produced a first-class<br />

translation of Christ Myth II as The Witnesses to the Historicity of Jesus (1912),<br />

published both in London and Chicago.<br />

The Question of the Historicity of Jesus<br />

The Preface of this classic book states:[32]<br />

Albert Schweitzer<br />

The question of the historicity of Jesus [die Frage nach der Historizität von<br />

Jesus Christus] is a purely historical question to be settled with the resources<br />

of historical research. [emphasis added]<br />

In Ch. 3, "The Methods of Historical Criticism" of Part IV, "The Witness of the<br />

Gospels", <strong>Drews</strong> denounces the unscientific methodology principles of<br />

Theological History which have been used in The Quest for the Historical<br />

Jesus, the new theological vogue since David Strauss (1808–1874), and

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