Aberrations from that, for instance, divine interventions that go beyond the constant interaction of natural and human causes, therefore cannot be historical; the historian must “explain” how such notions could come about. He must explain, from literary forms and from the mind-set [Vorstellungs-gefüge] of a period, how such views could develop and must trace them back to their reasonable causes. Thus these accounts become comprehensible after criticism and their real content comes to light. According to this assumption, it is not possible for a man really to be God and to perform deeds that
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