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  • From: Niels Peter Lemche <npl AT teol.ku.dk>
  • To: "'b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu'" <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: SV: The daughter of Jeftah died? (David to Liz)
  • Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2002 14:02:09 +0200

What is the past except a construction created by the present?

Think of the French historian (les annales) Lucien Fevbre: We don't know
anything about the past; we always reconstruct it.

NPL


> -----Oprindelig meddelelse-----
> Fra: Madden, Shawn [SMTP:sMadden AT sebts.edu]
> Sendt: 4. juni 2002 13:58
> Til: Niels Peter Lemche; Biblical Hebrew
> Emne: RE: The daughter of Jeftah died? (David to Liz)
>
> Can we learn from fiction? Yes.
> Can we learn from historical fiction? Yes.
> If it really didn't happen can we call it the past? No.
>


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