[159] Judaism and Christianity) are RELATED to history^a, are based on historical events, and keep these events always present in reports, legands [sic.] and myths, what can faith do, under these circumstances? Faith^b can say that something has happened IN HISTORY, to me as an historical person, which is of ultimate concern to me, because it points to the answer of my ultimate concern, namely the concern of the meaning and being of my own reality. Faith, for instance, CAN say that the Old Testament Law, which is given as the Law of Moses---this is historically improbable---that this Law which we have, which is in our hands, has unconditional validity for those who are grasped by it ---in this case, for those who are faithful Jews, and partly for Christians too---no matter how much or how little can be traced to a historical figure of the name of Moses. There is no doubt that a historical figure is PROBABLE, but it is not for CERTAIN, it is not a matter of religious certainty that the Law of Moses is given by Moses, and certainly nobody believes, who has ever started historical research, that what goes under the name of "Moses" is actually given by Moses. Faith^c can say that the reality which is manifest in the New Testament^d picture of Jesus as the Christ^e, has POWER, perhaps SAVING power, for those who are grasped by it. This, faith can say--- because that is the foundation of faith itself. But then faith can add: it doesn’t matter how much or how little can be traced, in terms of historical research, to the historical figure which is called Jesus of Nazareth. We must be able to stand a question which sometimes shocks people: what if we discover the police records of Nazareth of the year one to thirtyand find no man of the name of "Jesus" there?