Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Niels Peter Lemche <npl AT teol.ku.dk>]

Well, the question is: what did the ancient writers do? Did they find the
truth in a real past or in a past narrated? Modern sentiments may be
different, and partly very naive about historicity. Shakespeare wrote about
a certain prince of Denmark: Is this true? It is related to a Danish saga
about Amled. Was he a historical person? Does it detract from the validity
of the Hamlet as a literary figure if Amled was not a historical person? As
somebody wrote in a review of a book about Icelandic sagas: Is this true--or
just something that happened?

NPL


> -----Oprindelig meddelelse-----
> Fra:  Madden, Shawn [SMTP:sMadden AT sebts.edu]
> Sendt:        4. juni 2002 13:44
> Til:  Biblical Hebrew
> Emne: RE: The daughter of Jeftah died?  (David to Liz)
> 
> "Oh yes, in literature."
> 
> You seem to be equating fiction literature with events.
> 
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