Ernest Renan  

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"Forgetfulness, and I would even say historical error, are essential in the creation of a nation."--"What Is a Nation?" by Ernest Renan


"L’islam [...] c’est la chaîne la plus lourde que l’humanité ait jamais portée." --Ernest Renan, L'Islamisme et la science: Conférence faite a la Sorbonne le 29 Mars 1883


"Emanciper le musulman de sa religion est le meilleur service qu'on puisse lui rendre." Discours et conférences (1887), p. 407


Jesus was born at Nazareth, a small town of Galilee, which before his time had no celebrity. All his life he was designated by the name of "the Nazarene," and it is only by a rather embarrassed and round-about way, that, in the legends respecting him, he is made to be born at Bethlehem. We shall see later the motive for this supposition, and how it was the necessary consequence of the Messianic character attributed to Jesus. The precise date of his birth is unknown. It took place under the reign of Augustus, about the Roman year 750, probably some years before the year 1 of that era which all civilized people date from the day on which he was born."--The Life of Jesus (1863) by Ernest Renan

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Joseph Ernest Renan (27 February 1823 - 2 October 1892) was a French Orientalist, expert of Semitic languages and civilizations, philologist, philosopher, biblical scholar and critic, and historian of religion. He is best known for his influential and pioneering historical works on the origins of early Christianity, and his 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.

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