teilhard

Still no facts, I see.

Apr 13, 2009 -- 9:06PM, teilhard wrote:

Apr 8, 2009 -- 3:36PM, teilhard wrote:

Discussions ( and Study of )

The Historical Lord Jesus of Nazareth

sometimes crash onto the "Rocks"

due to a MIS-Understanding of what we MEAN

by "History" ...

 

from

Joyce Appleby, Lynn Hunt, and Margaret Jacob,

"Telling the Truth about History."

( 1994, W. W. Norton ),

p. 245 --

 

"The language of scholarship ...

makes it sound as if history, not historians, were doing the talking,

the authoritative voice of the all-seeing author lulling readers into believing

that the information comes from a transcendent place.

 

These conventions for presenting historical knowledge, moreover,

create the appearance of a dispassionate approach,

uncontaminated by partiality or interest,

unconstrained by the limitations of a single vantage point."

 

As a beginning SERIOUS Student of Biblical Scholarship,

now several decades ago,

I ALREADY at that Time winced at the "chutzpah"

of the often-solemnly-pronounced Formula

 -- "The Assured Results of Historical-Critical Study ... " ...

 

 

BTW,

Appleby, Hunt, and Jacob ( above )

are "Secular"

Academic Historians ...

for Brother Dennis ...

Hello ... ???  "History," anyone ... ???  Hello ... ???

Jun 14, 2010 -- 1:23PM, teilhard wrote:

 

So, then ... Let's discuss what some Real Historians understand about their Craft ...

 

Why not ... ???

 

Apr 16, 2010 -- 12:16PM, teilhard wrote:

 

 

Apr 13, 2009 -- 9:06PM, teilhard wrote:

 

Apr 8, 2009 -- 3:36PM, teilhard wrote:

Discussions ( and Study of ) The Historical Lord Jesus of Nazareth sometimes crash onto the "Rocks" due to mis-Understanding of what we MEAN by "History" ...  from Joyce Appleby, Lynn Hunt, and Margaret Jacob, "Telling the Truth about History." ( 1994, W. W. Norton ), p. 245 -- 

"The language of scholarship ... makes it sound as if history, not historians, were doing the talking, the authoritative voice of the all-seeing author lulling readers into believing that the information comes from a transcendent place.

 

These conventions for presenting historical knowledge, moreover, create the appearance of a dispassionate approach, uncontaminated by partiality or interest, unconstrained by the limitations of a single vantage point."

As a beginning SERIOUS Student of Biblical Scholarship,  now several decades ago, I ALREADY at that Time winced at the "chutzpah" of the often-solemnly-pronounced Formula -- "The Assured Results of Historical-Critical Study ... " ...

 

 

BTW, Appleby, Hunt, and Jacob ( above ) are "Secular" Academic Historians ...

 

 

 

for Brother Dennis ...