Statement

Applying BCE and CE to Jewish history has value, since it places the Jews within humanity's broader history, but it also reminds us that the way we think about the past was shaped by the Christian European context in which the discipline of history arose.

References

1. p. 3

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   Efron, Lehmann and Weitzman. The Jews: A History. 3rd edition. New York and Abingdon: Routledge, 2019.

   Section: BCE and CE: The Religious Background of How We Think About History

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