happened has happened, and nothing can change it. But, of course, the way we understand what has happened changes. That is why history is always being rewritten—not only because new evidence turns up, but also because old evidence is seen in the light of new experience. The historian E. H. Carr defined history as a continuous conversation between the present and the past. It is only in this way that history becomes part of an intelligible and purposeful life. If Jesus had written a book, as Muslims