[Wikipedia-l] Re: CE / BCE (was: RFC on a few feature requests)

Vicki Rosenzweig vr at redbird.org
Wed Oct 9 21:58:13 UTC 2002


Many Jewish scholars prefer CE/BCE. I'd argue strongly for using
those terms (rather than AD/BC) if dates need to be identified in articles
on subjects like Jewish history or the Talmud.

Oh, and an idle question: "A.D." is Latin, so makes as much sense in
a French context as an English one (in both cases, validated by custom
and familiarity), but what's the French equivalent of "B.C."?
-- 
Vicki Rosenzweig
vr at redbird.org
http://www.redbird.org




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