not continue to believe and yet still lay claim to the title of historian. Abraham argues that an affirmative answer is possible, provided that the three chief principles of the historical method are appropriately defined. The principle of criticism, for instance, must be defined not in terms of systematic doubt but in terms of a thoughtful appraisal of the evidence in keeping with its source. For those who regard the Bible as either not at all interested in history or as hopelessly incapable of