- Ernest Renan writes at the beginning of his great study: Histoire du pepule d'Israel: "There are only three histories of real value: Ionic history, the history of Israel, and Roman history, when combined together these three histories create what can be called the 'history of civilization', which is the fruit of the various contributions of Greece, Judea, and Rome".</small></blockquote></ref> | - Ernest Renan writes at the beginning of his great study: Histoire du pepule d'Israel: "There are only three histories of real value: Ionic history, the history of Israel, and Roman history, when combined together these three histories create what can be called the 'history of civilization', which is the fruit of the various contributions of Greece, Judea, and Rome".</small></blockquote></ref> |