Historicity may mean the quality of being part of recorded history , as opposed to prehistory the quality of being part of history as opposed to being a historical myth or legend , for example Historicity of the Iliad Historicity Bible Studies Historicity of Jesus Historicity of the canonical Gospels Historicism Christian eschatology , a specific brand of Biblical literalism Historicity of Muhammad Historicity philosophy , a word for how history is, to allow discussion as to how its form is interpreted linear, circular, repetitive etc . Historicity , the 2009 album by Vijay Iyer See also Historicism Category Historicity of religious figures disambig de Geschichtlichkeit ... more details
Historicity in philosophy is the underlying concept of history , or the intersection of teleology the concept and study of progress and purpose , temporality the concept of time , and historiography semiotics and history of history . Varying conceptualizations of historicity emphasize linear progress or the repetition or modulation of past events. Concepts of historicity In Phenomenology philosophy phenomenology , historicity is the history of constitution of any intentionality intentional object, both in the sense of history as tradition and in the sense where every individual has its own history. Of course, these two senses are often very similar One individual s history is heavily influenced by the tradition the individual is formed in, but personal history can also produce an object that wouldn t be a part of any tradition. In addition, personal historicity doesn t develop in the same way as tradition. Martin Heidegger argued in Being and Time that it is temporality that gives rise to history. All things have their place and time, and nothing past is outside of history. Francis Fukuyama in The End of History and the Last Man famously argued that the collapse of Soviet communism brought humanity to the end of history whereby the world s global dialectical machinations had been resolved with the triumph of liberal capitalism. Before Fukuyama, Jean Baudrillard argued for a different concept of the end of history . Baudrillard s most in depth writings on the notion of historicity are found in the books Fatal Strategies and The Illusion of the End . It is for these writings that he received a full chapter denunciation from the physicist Alan Sokal along with Jean Bricmont , due to his alleged misuse of physical concepts of linear time, space and stability. In contrast to Fukuyama s argument, Baudrillard maintained that the end of history , in terms of a teleology teleological ... into the meaning and uses of Historicity. Trouillot explains that The ways in which what happened ... more details
DISPLAYTITLE Historicity of the Iliad Trojan War The extent of the historical basis of the Iliad has been a topic of scholarly debate in classical studies since the 19th century. While the Age of Enlightenment had rejected the story of the Trojan War as fable, the discoveries made by Heinrich Schliemann at Hisarlik reopened the question in modern terms, and the subsequent excavation of Troy VIIa and the discovery of the toponym Wilusa in Hittite texts Hittite correspondence has made it plausible that the Trojan War cycle was at least remotely based on a historical conflict of the Bronze Age collapse 12th century BC , even if the poems of Homer are removed from the event by more than four centuries of oral tradition. History In antiquity, educated Greeks of the 5th century BC continued to accept the truth of human events depicted in the Iliad , even as philosophical scepticism was undermining faith in divine intervention in human affairs. In the time of Strabo topological disquisitions discussed the identity of sites mentioned by Homer . There was no break when Greco Roman culture was Christianization Christianised Eusebius of Caesarea offered universal history reduced to a timeline , in which Troy received the same historical weight as Abraham , with whom Eusebius Chronologia began, ranking the Argives and Mycenaeans among the kingdoms ranged in vertical columns, offering biblical ... dispute over the historicity of the Iliad has been very heated at times. ref Michael Wood has discussed ... discourse has turned from questions of the historicity of the particular human events that transpire ... in a timeless world , ref Finley 1978, Appendix II 172. ref breaks down the question of historicity ... less than one would have expected. The extent of a demonstrable historicity for Homer s Troy faces ... and the Historicity of the Trojan War http www.salimbeti.com micenei war.htm The Greek Age of Bronze Trojan War DEFAULTSORT Historicity Of The Iliad Category Iliad Category Wilusa Category Trojan War ... more details
Michael Cook challenge the traditional account of how the Qur an was compiled, and the historicity ... Crone title Hagarism The Making of the Islamic World year 1977 Category Muhammad Category Historicity ... more details
Remsburg and Dan Barker , the historicity of Jesus covers a spectrum of ideas that range from ... holds that the issue of historicity of Jesus has been largely ignored owing to theological interests ... s time that ruled the historicity question out of court. ... ref Jesus as myth See Christ myth ... of scholars who entirely rejected Jesus historicity were based on a suggested lack of eyewitnesses ... ...True, at one point in time, the question of Jesus historicity was a much more popular one for discussion ... for non historicity have been discussed by John M. Allegro , George Albert Wells , ref cite book last1 .... A. Wells have all denied the historicity of Jesus. ref Earl Doherty The Jesus Puzzle , 1999 , Timothy ... as admissible evidence for the historicity of Jesus ref Jesus, by Ch. Gugnebert, Professor ... , James the Just , and Jesus, are of the most interest to scholars dealing with the historicity ... more details
italic title Infobox Book name The Historicity of the Patriarchal Narratives The Quest for the Historical Abraham image author Thomas L. Thompson illustrator country United States language English language English series genre publisher Walter de Gruyter pub date 1974 in literature 1974 media type Print Hardcover pages isbn oclc preceded by followed by This article presents information about the book for general information about the topic, see Abraham Historicity and origins Abraham Historicity and origins and The Bible and history . The Historicity of the Patriarchal Narratives The Quest for the Historical Abraham is a book by biblical scholar Thomas L. Thompson , Professor of Old Testament Studies at the University of Copenhagen . Together with John Van Seters s Abraham in History and Tradition book Abraham in History and Tradition 1975 , this book marked the culmination of a growing current of dissatisfaction in scholarly circles with the then current consensus or near consensus on the Patriarchal narratives. The consensus can be summarised as the view that, even if archaeology could not directly confirm the existence of the patriarchs Abraham , Isaac and Jacob , it nonetheless confirmed that these stories originated in a second millennium BC setting based on the fact that many personal names, place names, and customs referenced in the Genesis narratives were unique to that era. This view was expressed by John Bright in his influential History of Israel 1959, 2nd edition 1960 in these words O ne is forced to the conclusion that the patriarchal narratives authentically reflect social customs at home in the second millennium rather than those of later Israel . ref http www.biblicalstudies.org.uk .... Albright , E. A. Speiser , Cyrus Gordon , and Bright himself actually provided irrefutable proof for the historicity .... ref The Historicity of the Patriarchal Narratives , p.328, quoted in review by Dennis Pardee in http ... Historicity of the Patriarchal Narratives Category 1974 books Category Hebrew Bible Category ... more details
, states that, Many scholars doubt the historicity of the empty tomb. ref Peter Kirby, The Case ... arguments against the historicity of the resurrection story. For example, the number of other historical ... more details
Trimberg is a town in the Elfershausen municipality in Bavaria, Germany. The surname von Trimberg is that of the medieval noble family of the eponymous castle Trimburg . Hugo von Trimberg S kind von Trimberg is a medieval poet of uncertain historicity 2990 Trimberger is an asteroid disambig de Trimberg ... more details
The Greatest Story Ever Sold may refer to the subtitle of a book on the historicity of Jesus by Acharya S a book by Frank Rich See also The Greatest Movie Ever Sold , a movie by Morgan Spurlock The Greatest Story Ever Told disambiguation disambiguation ... more details
Unreferenced auto yes date December 2009 Beder or Bederi is a Tjeker leader and ruler of Dor while in other traditions, he also had a servant named Thorpayuran, mentioned in the Story of Wenamun . His historicity is a matter of dispute among historians. Citation needed date May 2010 Category Sea Peoples Ancient Egypt stub ... more details
The name Guthrum corresponds to Norwegian language Norwegian Guttom and to Danish language Danish Gorm . The name Guthrum may refer to these kings Guthrum , who fought against Alfred the Great Gorm the Old of Denmark and Norway Guthrum II , a king of doubtful historicity Guttorm of Norway hndis ... more details
Jesus as myth may refer to Christ myth theory , the position that Jesus is a figure constructed from various mythologies Jesus Christ in comparative mythology , various responses to similarities between the figure of Jesus and figures in various ancient mythologies See also Historicity of Jesus Historical Jesus Jesus Cultural and historical background of Jesus disambig ... more details
For other uses, see The Quest of the Historical Muhammad The Quest of the Historical Muhammad is an essay by Francis Edwards Peters , published in the International Journal of Middle East Studies in August 1991. ref Peters, F. E. The Quest of the Historical Muhammad. International Journal of Middle East Studies , Vol. 23, No. 3. Aug., 1991 , pp. 291 315. ref It is about the comparison between research on the historicity of Muhammed and Jesus and the problems researchers encounter. See also Historical Muhammad References reflist Islam book stub DEFAULTSORT Quest of the Historical Muhammad Category Historicity of religious figures Category Non Islamic Islam studies literature ... more details
main Jesus selfref Historicity of Jesus discusses disputes about the existence of Jesus and the reliability of ancient texts relating to him. Historical Jesus discusses attempts to reconstruct Jesus life using historical methods, such as critical analysis of gospel texts. Chronology of Jesus discusses the attempt to establish a historical chronology for the events of Jesus life as described in the four canonical gospels Cultural and historical background of Jesus discusses some of the cultural influences and historical events that are a backdrop to the narrative of Jesus life as described in the four canonical gospels. The Quest for the historical Jesus describes the attempt, which began in the eighteenth century, to use historical critical methods to construct a biography of Jesus . Historicity of the Gospels discusses the historicity of the canonical gospels. Jesus myth theory discusses the theory that Jesus was not a historical person, but is a fictional or mythological character created by the early Christian community. Other related topics The Bible and history discusses the historicity of the entire Bible. Jesus Christ in comparative mythology is the study of Jesus from a mythographical perspective, an examination of the narrative of Jesus, as a central part of Christian mythology. Josephus on Jesus covers the debate of the authenticity of two references by first century Jewish historian Josephus . These are the Testimonium Flavianum and a reference to Jesus, brother of James. Tacitus on Christ discusses the debate over the meaning, reliability, and authenticity of Tacitus reference to Christus in Book 15 of the Annals. Census of Quirinius discusses the census that, in the gospel of Luke, is associated with the birth of Jesus, a reference which has long been considered problematic by biblical scholars. Criticism of Jesus discusses criticisms of Jesus that have been raised by various scholars and writers. Crucifixion eclipse is about an eclipse that is said to have ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Dablink This article is about the nature of time. For secular possessions of the church, see Temporality ecclesiastical . Temporality is a term often used in philosophy in talking about the way time is. The traditional mode of temporality is a linear procession of past, present, and future. However, some modern century philosophers have interpreted temporality in ways other than this linear manner. Examples would be J. M. E. McTaggart McTaggart s The Unreality of Time , Husserl s analysis of internal time consciousness, Martin Heidegger s Being and Time 1927 , George Herbert Mead s Philosophy of the Present 1932 , and Jacques Derrida s criticisms of Husserl s analysis, as well as Nietzsche s Eternal return Friedrich Nietzsche eternal return of the same , though this latter pertains more to historicity , to which temporality gives rise. See also Historicity philosophy External links Wikiquote http ceitt.com index en.html CEITT Time and Temporality Research Center . Category Philosophy of time Philo stub fr Temporalit sr ... more details
Husham was a king of Edom mentioned in the Bible , in Book of Genesis Genesis 36 31 43 . He succeeded Jobab ben Zerah in the apparently elective kingship of the Edomites. He is mentioned as being from the land of Temani , which may refer to the Edomite clan Teman Edom Teman . Husham was succeeded upon his death by Hadad ben Bedad . The date and even historicity of his reign are unknown, as he is not mentioned in any other surviving source. start box succession box title List of rulers of Edom King of Edom years before Jobab ben Zerah after Hadad ben Bedad end box Category Kings of Edom pt Hus o ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 For other uses, see The Quest of the Historical Muhammad . The Quest of the Historical Muhammad is a writing authored by Arthur Jeffery . It was inspired by the 1906 German work named Von Reimarus zu Wrede by Albert Schweitzer . In 1910, William Montgomery cryptographer William Montgomery translated it under the title The Quest of the Historical Jesus . It led to The Quest of the Historical Muhammad Peters an essay with the same name , written by Francis Edwards Peters . It also references The Quest for the Historical Muhammad by Ibn Warraq . References reflist Unreferenced date November 2008 DEFAULTSORT Quest of the Historical Muhammad Category Historicity of religious figures Category Non Islamic Islam studies literature Islam book stub ... more details
Radical Criticism is a movement around the late 19th century that, typically, denied authentic authorship of the Pauline epistles . This went beyond the higher criticism of the T bingen school which with the exception of Bruno Bauer held that a core of at least four epistles had been written by Paul of Tarsus in the 1st century. The Dutch school The Dutch school of radical criticism started in 1878 with a publication by Allard Pierson , who denied Pauline authorship of Epistle to the Galatians Galatians . He was fiercely attacked by his colleague Abraham Dirk Loman A.D. Loman , but two years later also Loman abandoned the historicity of Paul. Similarly, Willem Christiaan van Manen W.C. van Manen , who had written a doctoral thesis defending the authenticity of First Epistle to the Thessalonians 1 Thessalonians , wrote in 1889 that he had come to the same conclusions as Loman. Also the philosopher Gerardus Johannes Petrus Josephus Bolland G.J.P.J. Bolland was a part of this movement. ref name Drews cite book chapterurl http www.egodeath.com drewshistorymythiconlyjesus.htm Toc51777080 author Arthur Drews chapter Dutch Radicalism title The Denial of the Historicity of Jesus in Past and Present summary in English year 1926 ref With the death of Van Manen s student Gustaaf Adolf van den Bergh van Eysinga G.A. van den Bergh van Eysinga in 1957, this line of scholarship at Dutch universities came to an end. The Dutch school influenced Edwin Johnson historian Edwin Johnson Antiqua Mater A Study of Christian Origins , 1887 in England, Rudolf Steck in Switzerland, and Arthur Drews in Germany. However, the works of Adolf Harnack proved more influential, and radical criticism was almost forgotten until it was unearthed by the Journal of Higher Criticism in the United States. References references External links http www.radikalkritik.de Hermann Detering s Radikal Kritik site in German, limited English pages available Category Biblical criticism Category Christ myth Christianity ... more details
In sources such as Heimskringla and Ynglinga saga there appear early Swedes Germanic tribe Swedish kings who belong in the domain of Norse mythology mythology . From about the 6th century, these kings are gradually succeeded by Swedish semi legendary kings with at least partial claim to historicity. While there is no historiographical tradition that would confirm the historicity of Swedish kings prior to the 6th century, it is safe to assume that the Suiones , as a tribe mentioned by Tacitus in the 1st century AD, did have kings Common Germanic Germanic king kuningaz during the prehistoric period. A historical basis of some of the mythological kings was one of the last of Thor Heyerdahl s archeo anthropological theories, as in The search for Odin . Such suggestions are generally considered speculative, not scientific. Kings Gylfi Odin Njord Yngvi Frey Fj lnir according to Grottisongr a contemporary of Caesar Augustus , viz. end of 1st c. BC Sveigder 1st century AD Citation needed date January 2011 Vanlade Visbur r Domalde 2nd century? Citation needed date January 2011 Domar r Dyggve Dag the Wise Dagr Spaka 3rd century? Citation needed date January 2011 Agne 4th century? Citation needed date January 2011 Erik and Alrik Yngvi and Alf Hugleik Haki Jorund Jorund and Erik 4th century? Citation needed date January 2011 Aun , Halfdan and Ale the Strong 4th and 5th c. Citation needed date January 2011 The line of Swedish kings is continued in Semi legendary kings of Sweden . See also House of Yngling Saxo s kings of Sweden Germanic Heroic Age DEFAULTSORT Mythical Kings Of Sweden Category Mythological kings of Sweden Category Viking Age monarchs it Re leggendari svedesi lv Mitolo isko Zviedrijas kara u uzskait jums ja sv Svenska sagokungar ... more details
Unreferenced date January 2009 Emund Eriksson ? ca. 970 , English Edmund , was a Sweden Swedish king of disputed historicity. According to Adam of Bremen , Emund was allied with Harold Bluetooth . Adam of Bremen only gives Eric the Victorious as successor to Emund, but he does not tell how they were related. He may very well have been the brother of Bj rn III Eriksson , who the Norse saga s name as the father of Eric the Victorious . This would have been in accordance with the Germanic system of co rulership Diarchy in which two brothers were elected kings, and which was evidently used by the Swedes. See also Early Swedish History S start S hou House of Muns Succession box title Semi legendary king of Sweden years before Erik Ringsson after The last incumbent S end Category Semi legendary kings of Sweden Category 10th century rulers in Europe es Emund Eriksson fr Emund II Ericsson pt Emund II Eriksson sv Emund Eriksson ... more details
about the place the person Nicarao cacique expert subject multiple Nicaragua Mesoamerica date November 2009 Nicarao is the name of the capital city of the most populous indigenous tribe when the Spain Spanish arrived in Nicaragua . Gil Gonz lez D vila , who first explored the area, came up with this Central America n country s name by combining Nicarao and the Spanish word Agua , meaning water, after the two large lakes in the west of the country, Lake Managua and Lake Nicaragua . gallery File Nicaragua.jpg Physical Map of Nicaragua gallery External sources http www.manfut.org rivas ometepe2.html Facts and legends about the arrival of Nicarao to the shores of Grand Lake and Ometepe http www.manfut.org monumentos nicarao.html Fernando Silva article on the historicity of Nicarao References reflist Category History of Nicaragua Category Mesoamerican cultures Nicaragua stub de Nicarao es Nicarao ka ... more details
Saint Quirinus or Cyrinus may refer to Quirinus of Neuss feast day April 30 Quirinus of Rome feast day March 25 , also known as Quirinus of Tegernsee , relics at Tegernsee Abbey. Quirinus of Sescia feast day June 4 Quirinus of Tivoli feast day June 4 Quirinus Africa feast day dts 3 June dmy , accompanied by Saint Abidianus and Saint Papocinicus Quirinus of the grouping Nicasius, Quirinus, Scubiculus, and Pientia feast day October 11 , venerated as martyrs and saints though their historicity is uncertain. Quirinus, martyred with Fosius, Archelaus, and 17 companions feast day March 4 Quirinus, martyred with Abidianus, Gagus or Cajus , Donatus, Nepos, Papocianus, Januaria, Demetria, and 147 other companions. Martyred in Africa feast day June 3 ref name Holweck Holweck, F. G. A Biographical Dictionary of the Saints . St. Louis, MO B. Herder Book Co. 1924. ref See also Saint Quirin , French commune San Quirino , Italian commune hndis Quirinus nl Sint Quirinus ... more details
Infobox person name La ibum birth name La ibum spouse unknown children Sargon of Akkad relatives Rimush grandson br Manishtushu grandson La ibum was an Akkadian man. He is mentioned once in the Sumerian language Sumerian Sargon legend as the father of Sargon of Akkad . No details about his life or historicity are known. He was presumably an Akkad ian. A neo Assyrian text asserts that Sargon was from Azupiranu this may have been La ibum s native town. La ibum was a grandfather of kings Rimush and Manishtushu . References http etcsl.orinst.ox.ac.uk section2 tr214.htm The Sargon Legend , The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature Oxford University , 2006 Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Laibum ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Laibum Category Akkadian people Category 3rd millennium BC births Category 3rd millennium BC deaths ... more details
Image Apodakos.jpg thumb 250px Coin of Apodakos Apodakos was a king of Characene , a vassal kingdom of the Parthian Empire . Apodakos is known from his silver and bronze coins , only some of which are dated. The dated coins belong to the years 110 09 to 104 3 BC. In 124 BC, Hyspaosines , the first king of Characene died. After his death, his widow Thalassia queen Thalassia tried to install their son on the throne. However, the events surrounding the succession are known from Babylon Babylonian cuneiform texts and the name of the son is not mentioned. Whether Apodakos was the son of Hyspaosines remains undetermined, however, he has certain historicity from about 14 years later, as king of the small kingdom. Literature Monika Schuol Die Charakene. Ein mesopotamisches K nigreich in hellenistisch parthischer Zeit , Stuttgart 2000, p. 220 221, 300 303 ISBN 3 515 07709 X External links http www.coinarchives.com a results.php?results 100&search Apodakos Coins of Apodakos Category 2nd century BC rulers de Apodakos ... more details
Artorius was the family name Roman naming conventions nomen of a Roman gens the gens Artoria of obscure and contested etymology. Several Italian scholars consider the name to be of Messapian language Messapic origin, connecting it with the Messapic gens name Artorres, likely a derivative of the Messapic name Artas with a Messapic possessive suffix or , of uncertain meaning. ref Marcella Chelotti, Vincenza Morizio, Marina Silvestrini, Le epigrafi romane di Canosa, Volume 1, Edipuglia srl, 1990, pg. 261, 264. ref ref Ciro Santoro, Per la nuova iscrizione messapica di Oria , La Zagaglia, A. VII, n. 27, 1965, P. 271 293. ref ref Ciro Santoro, La Nuova Epigrafe Messapica IM 4. 16, I III di Ostuni ed nomi in Art , Ricerche e Studi, Volume 12, 1979, p. 45 60 ref An alternate etymology derives it from the praenomen Artor, which may be of Etruscan language Etruscan origin perhaps a Latinization of the Etruscan name Arnthur . ref Wilhelm Schulze, Zur Geschichte lateinischer Eigennamen Volume 5, Issue 2 of Abhandlungen der Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu G ttingen, Philologisch Historische Klasse, Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften G ttingen Philologisch Historische Klasse , 2nd Edition, Weidmann, 1966, p. 72, pp. 333 339 ref ref Herbig, Gust., Falisca , Glotta, Band II, G ttingen, 1910, p. 98 ref ref Olli Salomies Die r mischen Vornamen. Studien zur r mischen Namenge bung. Hel sinki 1987, p. 68 ref Some have sought a purely Latin derivation, translating the name as plowman . ref name green Green, Thomas. http www.arthuriana.co.uk historicity arthur.htm The Historicity and Historicisation of Arthur. http www.arthuriana.co.uk historicity arthur.pdf PDF version ref Such an etymology seems unlikely as the Latin word for plowman was ar tor, not artor in fact a gentilic name potentially derived from ar tor, Ar trius also an epithet of Jupiter mythology Jupiter , is attested in inscriptions from Aquileia, Altinum, Pola, and Montefalcone compare, too the word ar t rius fit for plough ... more details
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