Clemens' Notebook - History
English has only one basic word, "history." But German, for instance, has (1) Geschichte, or the academic discipline of history-writing; (2) Historie, or less formal narrative history; and (3) Storie, which may contain many mythical and folkloric elements, but nevertheless aims at a connected account of the past.from What Did the Biblican Writers Know and When Did They Know it?, by William G. Dever
Thus English, with the largest vocabulary of any language, does not have enough words to cover the subject.
posted by Clemens @ 2:46 PM
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Bede's got some thoughts on that book here:
http://bedejournal.blogspot.com/2005/02/i-am-reading-rather-good-book-by.html
and here:
http://bedejournal.blogspot.com/2005/02/william-dever-wrote-his-book-what-did.html
and here:
http://bedejournal.blogspot.com/2005/03/here-are-some-further-thoughts-on.html
He also went on to compare and contrast some work by the biblical minimalists. Sounded pretty interesting.
Thanks Elliot!
I'll check them out.
OK - I've read them now. It has somewhat restored my faith in Bede. Nice summation of Dever's work, and at least one take down of the 'minimalists' of Biblical archaeology.
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