• Medientyp: E-Artikel
  • Titel: The Limits of Skepticism
  • Beteiligte: Hallo, William W.
  • Erschienen: American Oriental Society, 1990
  • Erschienen in: Journal of the American Oriental Society
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • ISSN: 0003-0279
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  • Beschreibung: <p>Faced with limited evidence, students of the ancient Near East must choose between two alternatives: to limit the inferences they draw from it, or to treat it as a precious resource to be critically sifted as they reconstruct a total picture of antiquity. The paper attempts to weigh these alternatives dispassionately in light of specific examples.</p>