http://bluecord.org/biblioblog/2006/08/eabs-conference-iiib/ A biblioblog Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:23:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 http://bluecord.org/biblioblog/2006/08/eabs-conference-iiib/#comment-713 Stephen L. Cook Thu, 17 Aug 2006 17:08:21 +0000 http://bluecord.org/biblioblog/2006/08/eabs-conference-iiib/#comment-713 Thanks for this, Kevin. I agree with you completely. There is a good critique of Davies' position in Provan, Long, and Longman, _A Biblical History of Israel_ (2003), pp. 54-56, "Verification and Falsification." Here is one nice point: "How much history, ancient or otherwise, would we 'know' about if the verification principle were consistently applied to all testimony about [history]--e.g., to the testimony of Julius Ceasar about his invasion of Britain in 55-54 bce, which we know about only because Ceasar himself tells us of it? The answer is clearly 'very little.'" Thanks for this, Kevin. I agree with you completely. There is a good critique of Davies’ position in Provan, Long, and Longman, _A Biblical History of Israel_ (2003), pp. 54-56, “Verification and Falsification.” Here is one nice point: “How much history, ancient or otherwise, would we ‘know’ about if the verification principle were consistently applied to all testimony about [history]–e.g., to the testimony of Julius Ceasar about his invasion of Britain in 55-54 BCE, which we know about only because Ceasar himself tells us of it? The answer is clearly ‘very little.’”

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