Ernest Renan Quotes


His glory Jesus Christ does not consist in beingplaced without the confines of history; a more real worship is paid to him, by showing that the whole of history is incomprehensible without him.


Citations

Renan, Ernest. The Life of Jesus. Carleton, 1864, p. 376.

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Ernest Renan
Ernest Renan
  • Born: February 28, 1823
  • Died: October 2, 1892
  • Nationality: French
  • Profession: Philosopher

Joseph Ernest Renan was a French Orientalist and Semitic scholar, expert of Semitic languages and civilizations, historian of religion, philologist, philosopher, biblical scholar and critic. He wrote influential and pioneering historical works on the origins of early Christianity, and espoused popular political theories especially concerning nationalism and national identity. Renan is credited as being among the first scholars to advance the now-discredited Khazar theory, which held that Ashkenazi Jews were descendants of the Khazars, Turkic peoples who had adopted Jewish religion and migrated to Western Europe following the collapse of their khanate.