English

Etymology

historic + -ity

Noun

historicity

1. The characteristic of having existed in history.

   The historicity of Jesus is a matter of some debate among scholars.

Historicity may mean:

• the quality of being part of recorded history, as opposed to prehistory
• the quality of being part of history as opposed to being ahistorical myth or legend
  • Historicity of the Iliad
  • Historicity (Bible Studies)
    • Historicity of Jesus
    • Historicism (Christian eschatology), a specific brand of Biblical literalism
  • Historicity of Muhammad
• Historicity (philosophy), a word for how history is, to allow discussion as to how its form is interpreted (linear, circular, repetitive etc).

See also

• Historicism
• :Category:Historicity of religious figures

accomplished fact, actuality, authenticity, eternal verities, fact, factuality, fait accompli, good sooth, grim reality, historical truth, not a dream, objective existence, reality, sooth, the true, trueness, truth, truthfulness, ultimate truth, unerroneousness, unfallaciousness, unfalseness, veracity, verity, very truth