RE: Tacitus
August 19, 2014 at 2:42 pm
(This post was last modified: August 19, 2014 at 2:46 pm by Tobie.)
(August 19, 2014 at 2:30 pm)revivin Wrote: You could have 27 books detailing multiple eyewitness testimony but you don't have that for your Orks.
(August 19, 2014 at 2:29 pm)Tonus Wrote: [quote='revivin' pid='733378' dateline='1408472591']
The originals.
Actually we don't have the originals for anyone in antiquity so you can't ask for a higher standard than what history already provides.
But the 27 books of the NT are the closest to their events than for anyone in antiquity.
Are you saying the books of the NT are the documents that were written closest to the time of Jesus? Most estimates put the earliest written NT book at around 50CE, so by your logic there are no historical documents written between 20BCE and 50CE.
Also, the Quran is said to be written in the most perfect arabic known to man - I'd say those are pretty high standards. Does that make it true? No.
If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world. - J.R.R Tolkien
