Contrast, Or, a Prophet and a Forger

Excerpt from Contrast, or a Prophet and a Forger <p>In order to meet this charge, I devoted a separate Introduction to the explanation of my views about the honesty of the Fourth Evangelist, attempting to shew the difficulties that beset him in his endeavour to attain the truth, his method of overcoming them, and the probability that in many cases, where one might suppose him to be inventing facts dialogues, and discourses, he is not really inventing, but only incorporating apos tolic traditions, perhaps derived from John the son_ of Zebedee, whose pen he considered himself to be. <p>About the Publisher <p>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com <p>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.