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Re: Re[4]: historiography (Peter, again)

From: Moshe Shulman <mshulman AT ix.netcom.com>
To: b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu
Subject: Re: Re[4]: historiography (Peter, again)
Date: Sun, 02 Jan 2000 18:42:11 -0500

At 12:03 AM 01/03/2000 -0500, you wrote:
>The point of the statues is that they are good evidence only if (like
>the ones of Augustus you mention) they are in a datable context.

I hope you are not arguing that a statue implies that we are dealing with a
real person. Homer talks about many gods whio haev satues,a nd then about
some of their actions. I think we have to distinguish here.

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Re: Re[2]: historiography (Peter, again), Ian Hutchesson, 01/01/2000
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- Re[4]: historiography (Peter, again), peter_kirk, 01/02/2000
- Re: Re[4]: historiography (Peter, again), Moshe Shulman, 01/02/2000
- Re[6]: historiography (Peter, again), peter_kirk, 01/03/2000
- Re: Re[6]: historiography (Peter, again), Ian Hutchesson, 01/03/2000
- Re: Re[2]: historiography (Peter, again), Paul Zellmer, 01/03/2000
- SV: Re[6]: historiography (Peter, again), Niels Peter Lemche, 01/04/2000
- SV: Re[2]: historiography (Peter, again), Niels Peter Lemche, 01/04/2000
  - The appropiateness of the discussion thread, Paul Zellmer, 01/04/2000
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    - Re: The appropiateness of the discussion thread, Ian Hutchesson, 01/04/2000
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    - Re: The appropiateness of the discussion thread, Lee R. Martin, 01/04/2000
      - Re: The appropiateness of the discussion thread, Ian Hutchesson, 01/04/2000