I am writing something on Ernst Kasemann (a German NT scholar) and I wanted to find out the date that he died. That is the sort of simple information that the Internet is great at providing - you would think! A quick jump to Wikipedia and I find that it was 17 Feb 1998. Just to be certain I have a look at another site (The Biography Research Guide) which confirms that it was 17 Feb 1998. However, I then come across another article that has his death as 14 Feb 1998. Finally, I find an article on my desk that has his death as 1997.
I guess there are two morals to this story:
Firstly, you can't trust everything you read on the web...but my guess is you knew that already ....
Secondly, you have to be a bit of a Geek to do a Phd...but my guess is you knew that already...
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But I see you haven't corrected the Wikipedia article. Does one have to be even more of a geek to do that?
I actually think that Wikipedia is correct and you can believe what you read on the internet. This email appears genuine:
http://www.ibiblio.org/bgreek/test-archives/html4/1998-03/23882.html
perhaps you are missing a key point.... ehhhhh? woopsy.
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