[gothic-l] Re: Names of Heruls-Goffart-J.Svennung.

[Einar Birgisson]

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    Einar, Hæ.                                                        
 
> Troels mentioned in his letter no. 5125 yesterday the very specific 
> information in Book VI, xv, 6-15.          


  Einar; I am sure that this above mentioned info.(midnight-sun etc) 
is from 
Book III,History of the wars, VI.xv (from about 6-15). I just have 
copies but I am almost sure of this. Anyway you saw it was not from 
book VI.(As stated above). But I wanted to come with a correction.

There are just two books by author J.Svennung in the library that 
could touch on any subject relevant to this discussion.               
That is; Jordanes und Scandia-1967- (which I quoted from yesterday) 
and     
Zur Geschichte des Goticismus.  From 1967 too. That book is located 
in a special library in a suburb of Reykjavík(far away from me). I 
might take a look later,but do not have time for now.

Bless,bless. Einar.


> I am not trying to cause any trouble for you here. I am just 
curious. 
> But why are you so sure he copied that information from somebody 
> else?                   
> Are there any descriptions from ancient literature you know of that 
> can support your statement. And that literature must of course be 
> from the period that Procopius lived in or from earlier 
periods.     
> And then it must be shown that he probably had access to that 
> information.
> If such written descriptions do exist, have they been analysed 
> properly and compared with Procopius writings about that subject.??
> 
> And at last then I want to say that I respect your opinion even if 
I 
> do not have the same 
opinion.                                         
> And I do respect your knowledge and enjoy your 
contributions.         
> But I honestly think that we should stop discussing Procopius for a 
> while.                                                           
> But I would be happy having a comment from you on this letter.
> 
>  What is needed is good and solid archaeological reaserch and 
> hopefully some DNA reaserch to cast some new light on this debate.
> 
> And remember. I am criticizing Goffart in this letter, not you.
> And he might very well be a very good and competent Historian. But 
> that does not make him a specialist in analyzing human behavior or 
> behavioral patterns of people(individuals or groups).
> 
> Bless,bless. Einar.
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