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Unnecessary details provide a commonsense clue to truthfulness. See how this works in the testimony of a witness to the horrific Civitella massacre, which took place in 1944. We also find unnecessary details in the Gospels.
"The Witnesses of Civitella," translation of testimonies, found here:
tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/1535685X.1991.11015699
Thanks to Luuk Van de Weghe for drawing my attention to this article in his book _Living Footnotes in the Gospel of Luke.
amazon.com/Living-Footnotes-Gospel-Luke-Eyewitness/dp/B0CH23XGNW
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Unnecessary details provide a commonsense clue to truthfulness. See how this works in the testimony of a witness to the horrific Civitella massacre, which took place in 1944. We also find unnecessary details in the Gospels.
"The Witnesses of Civitella," translation of testimonies, found here:
tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/1535685X.1991.11015699
Thanks to Luuk Van de Weghe for drawing my attention to this article in his book _Living Footnotes in the Gospel of Luke.
amazon.com/Living-Footnotes-Gospel-Luke-Eyewitness/dp/B0CH23XGNW
Thumbnail, Civitella photo creative commons license: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Civitella_in_Val_di_Chiana,_piazza_principale.jpg
