You can't understand European history at all other than through religion, or English literature either if you can't recognise biblical allusions.
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You don't have to be Jewish to understand the history of Europe in the 20th century, but it helps.
We believed that to understand literature, you had to understand its place in history and culture.
How do you make any sense of history, art or literature without knowing the stories and iconography of your own culture and all the world's main religions?
Americans think that they have a history, but it's nothing compared to Europe.
The Bible is a history book.
I study history in order to give an interpretation.
Yeah, I read history. But it doesn't make you nice. Hitler read history, too.
I feel like it's hard to get into historical novels where you know what the story is far too well.
I loved history, particularly of the British, American and Old Testament kind.
To understand Europe, you have to be a genius - or French.