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.
>