of the same events, speaking out of partiality for one side or the other or else from imperfect memories” (Hist. 1.22). Because human memory “leaks and dissociates,”3 all of us are, to one degree or another, fabulists, even when we try not to be.4 As modern research abundantly documents, memory often leads us astray.5 Among its many sins are the following, all of which matter for sober, honest study of Jesus: 1. To recollect is not to play back a tape. Memory, at least long-term memory, is reconstructive
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