6 FEBRUARY 1971, page 25

Trevor-roper's Review Of Dodd's The Founder Of...

be entirely submerged under the flood of scholarly derision likely to be provoked by some alarmingly basic howlers. May I list a selec- tion, with comment: ' . . . we have no......

Sir: I Know Nothing Of The Accuracy Of Professor...

views on the existence of Christ, but I do know something of English grammar and if the Professor's letter (30 January) is indicative of the validity of his article, then Christ......

Sir: Greatly Daring, And With Due Respectful Humility, I...

feel obliged to query some of the remarks in Professor Trevor- Roper's review of Dr Dodd's Life of Jesus (23 January). In his second paragraph the Pro- fessor writes: 'The......

Sir: It Is One Thing To Find Profes- Sor Trevor-roper's

enlightened dis- missal of the Gospels in your pages; another to see an irrev- erent image of the Crucified on your front cover. There must still be a number of His followers......