The Psychology of Memory and the Study of the Gospels
New Testament scholars who have some acquaintance with the cognitive psychology of memory have tended to conclude that memory is generally unreliable. Research in cognitive psychology does not support that view. These New Testament scholars have been misled especially by failure to distinguish diffe...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
[2018]
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Journal for the study of the historical Jesus
Year: 2018, Volume: 16, Issue: 2/3, Pages: 136-155 |
| Further subjects: | B
Memory
B Eyewitness memory B Gospels B Historical Jesus B Cognitive Psychology B exceptional events |
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| Summary: | New Testament scholars who have some acquaintance with the cognitive psychology of memory have tended to conclude that memory is generally unreliable. Research in cognitive psychology does not support that view. These New Testament scholars have been misled especially by failure to distinguish different types of memory, by relying heavily on study of eyewitness testimony in court (a special category from which it is not legitimate to draw broader conclusions), and by misunderstanding the deliberate focus on the failures of memory in much of the research (which is not because failures are common but because failures are interesting). For research in this field to be useful in the study of the Gospels, we need to distinguish personal event memory from other types and to specify the conditions under which this type of memory tends to be either accurate or misleading. |
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| ISSN: | 1745-5197 |
| Reference: | Kritik in "Mnemonic Interplay (2018)"
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal for the study of the historical Jesus
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/17455197-01602002 |