The Voice of the Historian in the Ancient Near Eastern and Mediterranean World

Writing history is never a neutral endeavor; it is a personal act in which the historian uses evidence to reconstruct, sometimes to recreate, the past. How, then, did the ancient historians make their presence felt in writing? What do their differences tell us about how they wrote history and unders...

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Published in:Interpretation
Main Author: Machinist, Peter (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage Publ. 2003
In: Interpretation
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Summary:Writing history is never a neutral endeavor; it is a personal act in which the historian uses evidence to reconstruct, sometimes to recreate, the past. How, then, did the ancient historians make their presence felt in writing? What do their differences tell us about how they wrote history and understood the world around them?
ISSN:2159-340X
Contains:Enthalten in: Interpretation
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/002096430005700202