Editorial: on evidence and knowledge
The recent publication and subsequent withdrawal of an incendiary blog in Huffington Post SA because of a lack of verification of its author or statistical claims in the blog, underscores an issue relevant to scholarship in general and to Old Testament Studies in particular: the construction of vali...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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SA ePublications
[2017]
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Old Testament essays
Year: 2017, Volume: 30, Issue: 1, Pages: 9-10 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Foreword
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IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament |
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Summary: | The recent publication and subsequent withdrawal of an incendiary blog in Huffington Post SA because of a lack of verification of its author or statistical claims in the blog, underscores an issue relevant to scholarship in general and to Old Testament Studies in particular: the construction of valid arguments and the use of evidence for these constructions as well as the eagerness to publish material in line with a particular ideology. |
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ISSN: | 2312-3621 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Old Testament essays
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.17159/2312-3621/2017/v30n1a2 HDL: 10520/EJC-98aabba17 |