Definition of "unhistorical" []

• Taking little or no account of history. (adjective)

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• ""If we can dismiss as 'unhistorical' most of the Gospels 'Jesus of Christianity, what can we of faithful Israel save of our rabbi, Moses, for Judaism?" asks Rabbi Jacob Neusner, a distinguished Talmudist at the University of South Florida in Tampa."
• "But it would be grossly unhistorical to suggest that his was a lonely protest."
• "Occasionally the production goes over the top, as in Mary's physical assault on her cousin in their unhistorical encounter at Fotheringay."