A quick Google search shows Herodotus is the most famous early Historian, some say the first. His main works were about events 70 to 20 years before he wrote about them. Looking at the greatest modern historians I notice Shelby Foote is mentioned. He lived until 2005 and his celebrated work was bout the American Civil War. By definition all history is written after the event.two dogs wrote: ↑Fri Aug 18, 2023 11:16 amSomewhere between 34 to 78 years after Jesus ascended into heaven (wherever the fuck that is) is "soon"?!![]()
Have you any idea how unreliable eyewitness testimony can be due to the malleability of memory, even after a short period of time? If not, I recommended reading some of the books/articles on that subject by psychologist Elizabeth Loftus
Cheers Barry