Roland Leslie Warren

The author explicates the learned thinking of prominent contemporary scholars who debate the historical veracity of Jesus. With respect for their search, he draws thoughts from their learning for the nurture of a life.

In this pamphlet, the author describes how he has come to live in the certainty of “a spirit which unites me in my best moments with something beyond myself, something I can admire and seek to emulate and embody, something which calls for an appropriate response, even when I do not give it.” (Pendle Hill website)

The author, a Quaker with reverence for scripture, explicates the learned thinking of prominent contemporary scholars who debate the historical veracity of Jesus. With respect for their search, he draws thoughts from their learning for the nurture of a life

In this pamphlet, the author describes how he has come to live in the certainty of “a spirit which unites me in my best moments with something beyond myself, something I can admire and seek to emulate and embody, something which calls for an appropriate response, even when I do not give it.”