(November 29, 2011 at 7:52 am)Happy UnBeliever Wrote: The Bible as history. Now there's a joke!
No,it's "The Bible A history" IE a history OF the Bible.The series presents different perspectives,from the closed minded absurdity of Anne Whitecome, to real scholars and humanists such as Marina Warner.
Actually parts of the Old Testament are indeed history and as reliable as most sources of the time (about 600-700 bce) That is to say not very reliable at all.
It is worth noting that the discipline we call 'history' simply did not exist before the seventeenth century.Ancient 'historians' were in no way meant to objective recorders in the same way modern historians are meant to be.
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Quote:Marina Sarah Warner, CBE, FBA (born 9 November 1946 in London, England) is a British novelist, short story writer, historian and mythographer. She is known for her many non-fiction books relating to feminism and myth. She is currently Professor in the Department of Literature, Film and Theatre Studies at the University of Essex.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marina_Warner
