Skip to Content.
Sympa Menu

b-hebrew - Re: Re[4]: historiography (Peter, again)

b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org

Subject: Biblical Hebrew Forum

List archive

Chronological Thread  
  • 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.


moshe shulman mshulman AT NOSPAMix.netcom.com 718-436-7705
CHASSIDUS.NET - Yoshav Rosh http://www.chassidus.net
Outreach Judaism http://www.outreachjudaism.org/
ICQ# 52009254





Archive powered by MHonArc 2.6.24.

Top of Page