An End to the Silence: The Misuse of the "Argument from Silence"
This article discusses a misuse of the argument from silence to deny historical detail in New Testament study. It starts with a description of the argument from silence and its misuse, followed with an example to show its fallacious nature. Then it outlines two specific case studies of the misuse wi...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Eisenbrauns
2023
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In: |
Bulletin for biblical research
Year: 2023, Volume: 33, Issue: 3, Pages: 324-336 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Acts of the Apostles
/ Bible. Thessalonicherbrief 1.
/ Bible. Thessalonicherbrief 1. 2,13-16
/ Paul Apostle
/ Historicity
/ Silence
/ Fraud
/ Argumantation
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IxTheo Classification: | HC New Testament KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity |
Further subjects: | B
Silence
B Thessalonians B Historicity B Reasoning B Paul B FALLACY B Acts |
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Summary: | This article discusses a misuse of the argument from silence to deny historical detail in New Testament study. It starts with a description of the argument from silence and its misuse, followed with an example to show its fallacious nature. Then it outlines two specific case studies of the misuse with respect to studies of 1 Thessalonians: the existence of Jews and a synagogue in Thessalonica, and the supposed non-Pauline interpolation of 1 Thess 2:13-16. |
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ISSN: | 2576-0998 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Bulletin for biblical research
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.5325/bullbiblrese.33.3.0324 |