Quotes from John Bright

Like David uniting Judah and Israel, but to no avail, Bright's textbook facilitated an uneasy union between theology and history that has not held among most historians today. Two histories, one biblical (Geschichte) and the other the product of archaeology and sociological reconstruction (Historie), have for the time being seemingly gone their separate ways.40 For Bright, however, genuine history and genuine theology, as evidenced in Israel's faith, were one and the same.