Greek Historiography

History and Theory 17 (1):1-28 (1978)
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Abstract

During the modern period, thinkers have asked two fundamental questions about Greek historiography. The first concerns the compatibility of Greek historiography with the Biblical vision of the world, and the second compares the Greek vision with modern historiographical views. The status of history was never clearly settled among the Greeks, though it never replaced or was accepted by Greek philosophy and religion. Greek historiography progressed from an essentially local, ethnographic, and mythological practice, to the more national concerns of war and politics. Greek history was not incompatible with Christian ethics. However, because human destiny was not its object, the Christian and modern moral questions about truth and value were not rigorously explored. In addition, the modern demands for proof and validity in the use of evidence were not fulfilled

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