But if we are to do real history, we have to allow people in other times and other places to be radically different from us—even though, in order to do history at all, we have to exercise disciplined imagination and try as best we can to relate to those very different people. It’s a challenge. But it’s one I believe we can meet. What matters, I have become convinced, is that we need to understand how worldviews work.
Understanding how worldviews work is critical to sort out the skeptical, conservative, and historical views of Jesus
