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 13:51:39 +0200
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
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> 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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