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| ==Definition== | | ==Definition== |
| 1: The [[fact]], [[quality]], or [[character]] of being situated in [[history]]; esp. historical accuracy or [[authenticity]]. | | 1: The [[fact]], [[quality]], or [[character]] of being situated in [[history]]; esp. historical accuracy or [[authenticity]]. |
| ==Description== | | ==Description== |
− | '''Historicity''' is a term referring to the historical [[actuality]] of [[persons]] and [[events]], meaning the [[quality]] of being part of history as opposed to being a historical [[myth]] or [[legend]], or the quality of being part of [[record]]ed history, as opposed to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prehistory prehistory]. Questions of historicity arise where accounts of [[events]] are [[believed]] by some to be true, but can not be verified either because of a lack of historical [[records]], or because existing historical records have incorporated [[folklore]] as [[fact]]. | + | '''Historicity''' is a term referring to the historical [[actuality]] of [[persons]] and [[events]], meaning the [[quality]] of being part of history as opposed to being a historical [[myth]] or [[legend]], or the quality of being part of [[record]]ed history, as opposed to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prehistory prehistory]. Questions of historicity arise where accounts of [[events]] are [[believed]] by some to be true, but can not be verified either because of a lack of historical [[records]], or because existing historical records have incorporated [[folklore]] as [[fact]]. |
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− | Issues of historicity particularly apply to the [[factual]] nature of [[events]] reported in partisan or [[poetic]] accounts. For example, the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historicity_of_the_Iliad historicity of the Iliad] is a topic of [[debate]] because later [[archaeological]] finds suggest that the work was based on some true [[event]]. | + | Issues of historicity particularly apply to the [[factual]] nature of [[events]] reported in partisan or [[poetic]] accounts. For example, the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historicity_of_the_Iliad historicity of the Iliad] is a topic of [[debate]] because later [[archaeological]] finds suggest that the work was based on some true [[event]]. |
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| Historicity also arises frequently in vetting [[religious]] claims that depend on the [[truth]] of historical events: | | Historicity also arises frequently in vetting [[religious]] claims that depend on the [[truth]] of historical events: |
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− | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historicity_(Bible_Studies) Historicity (Bible Studies)] | + | *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historicity_(Bible_Studies) Historicity (Bible Studies)] |
− | :*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historicity_of_Jesus Historicity of Jesus] | + | :*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historicity_of_Jesus Historicity of Jesus] |
− | :*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historicity_of_the_canonical_Gospels Historicity of the canonical Gospels] | + | :*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historicity_of_the_canonical_Gospels Historicity of the canonical Gospels] |
− | :*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historicism_(Christian_eschatology) Historicism (Christian eschatology)], a specific brand of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biblical_literalism Biblical literalism] | + | :*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historicism_(Christian_eschatology) Historicism (Christian eschatology)], a specific brand of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biblical_literalism Biblical literalism] |
− | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historicity_of_Muhammad Historicity of Muhammad] | + | *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historicity_of_Muhammad Historicity of Muhammad] |
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| [[Category: History]] | | [[Category: History]] |