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| - | #The characteristic of having existed in [[history]]. | + | :''[[Historicity (philosophy)]]'' |
| - | #:''The '''historicity''' of [[Jesus]] is a matter of some debate among scholars.'' | + | '''Historicity''' is study of 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 [[recorded history]], as opposed to [[prehistory]]. Questions of historicity arise where accounts of events are believed by some to be true, but cannot be verified, either because lack of historical records or where historical accounts incorporate [[folklore]] as fact. |
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| - | '''Historicity''' may mean: | + | Issues of historicity particularly apply to the factual nature of events reported in partisan or poetic accounts. For example, the [[historicity of the Iliad]] is a topic of debate because later archaeological finds suggest that the work was based on some true event. |
| - | *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 also arises frequently in vetting religious claims that depend on the truth of historical events: |
| - | ** [[Historicity of the Iliad]] | + | * [[The Bible and history]] |
| - | **[[Historicity (Bible Studies)]] | + | ** [[Historicity of Jesus]] |
| - | *** [[Historicity of Jesus]] | + | ** [[Historicity of the canonical Gospels]] |
| - | *** [[Historicity of the canonical Gospels]] | + | ** [[Historicism (Christian eschatology)]], a specific brand of [[Biblical literalism]] |
| - | *** [[Historicism (Christian eschatology)]], a specific brand of [[Biblical literalism]] | + | * [[Historicity of Muhammad]] |
| - | ** [[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]] | + | |
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| *[[Historicism]] | *[[Historicism]] | ||
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Historicity is study of 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 recorded history, as opposed to prehistory. Questions of historicity arise where accounts of events are believed by some to be true, but cannot be verified, either because lack of historical records or where historical accounts incorporate folklore as fact.
Issues of historicity particularly apply to the factual nature of events reported in partisan or poetic accounts. For example, the historicity of the Iliad is a topic of debate because later archaeological finds suggest that the work was based on some true event.
Historicity also arises frequently in vetting religious claims that depend on the truth of historical events:
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