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Suetonius On Christians
The Roman historian Suetonius (c. AD 69 – c. AD 122) mentions early Christians and may refer to Jesus Christ in his work ''Lives of the Twelve Caesars''.Suetonius, Catharine Edwards. ''Lives of the Caesars'' (2001) pp. 184, 203John Dominic Crossan, ''Birth of Christianity'' (1999) p. 3Van Voorst, ''Jesus'', 2000. pp. 29-30 One passage in the biography of the Emperor Claudius ''Divus Claudius'' 25, refers to agitations in the Roman Jewish community and the expulsion of Jews from Rome by Claudius during his reign (AD 41 to AD 54), which may be the expulsion mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles ( 18:2). In this context "Chresto" is mentioned. Some scholars see this as a likely reference to Jesus, while others see it as referring to an otherwise unknown person living in Rome.Van Voorst, ''Jesus'', 2000. pp. 38-39Eddy, Paul; Boyd, Gregory. ''The Jesus Legend: A Case for the Historical Reliability of the Synoptic Jesus Tradition'' (2007) pages 166Craig S. Keener, ''The His ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suetonius Lives Of The Twelve Caesars 1540
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (), commonly referred to as Suetonius ( ; c. AD 69 – after AD 122), was a Roman historian who wrote during the early Imperial era of the Roman Empire. His most important surviving work is a set of biographies of 12 successive Roman rulers, from Julius Caesar to Domitian, properly entitled ''De vita Caesarum''. Other works by Suetonius concerned the daily life of Rome, politics, oratory, and the lives of famous writers, including poets, historians, and grammarians. A few of these books have partially survived, but many have been lost. Life Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus was probably born about AD 69, a date deduced from his remarks describing himself as a "young man" 20 years after Nero's death. His place of birth is disputed, but most scholars place it in Hippo Regius, a small north African town in Numidia, in modern-day Algeria. It is certain that Suetonius came from a family of moderate social position, that his father, Suetonius Laetus, was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Split Of Early Christianity And Judaism
Jewish Christians ( he, יהודים נוצרים, yehudim notzrim) were the followers of a Jewish religious sect that emerged in Judea during the late Second Temple period (first century AD). The Nazarene Jews integrated the belief of Jesus as the prophesied Messiah and his teachings into the Jewish faith, including the observance of the Jewish law. The name may derive from the city of Nazareth, or from prophecies in Isaiah and elsewhere where the verb occurs as a descriptive plural noun, or from both. Jewish Christianity is the foundation of Early Christianity, which later developed into Christianity. Christianity started with Jewish eschatological expectations, and it developed into the worship of a deified Jesus after his earthly ministry, his crucifixion, and the post-crucifixion experiences of his followers. Modern scholarship is engaged in an ongoing debate as to the proper designation for Jesus' first followers. Many see the term Jewish Christians as anachronistic give ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Religion In Ancient Rome
Religion in ancient Rome consisted of varying imperial and provincial religious practices, which were followed both by the people of Rome as well as those who were brought under its rule. The Romans thought of themselves as highly religious, and attributed their success as a world power to their collective piety ''(pietas)'' in maintaining Pax deorum, good relations with the gods. Their Polytheism, polytheistic religion is known for having honored List of Roman deities, many deities. The presence of Magna Graecia, Greeks on the Italian peninsula from the beginning of the historical period influenced Culture of ancient Rome, Roman culture, introducing some religious practices that became fundamental, such as the ''Cult (religious practice), cultus'' of Apollo. The Romans looked for common ground between their major gods and those of the Greeks (''interpretatio graeca''), adapting Greek mythology, Greek myths and iconography for Latin literature and Roman art, as the Etruscans h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elmer Truesdell Merrill
Elmer Truesdell Merrill (1860 – 20 April 1936) was an American Latin scholar, born at Millville, Massachusetts. Merrill graduated from Wesleyan University in 1881. He is primarily remembered for his student edition of the Roman poet Catullus and for his studies on the text and tradition of the Letters of Pliny the Younger, culminating in his 1914 Teubner edition, which constituted an important basis for the works of later scholars. Merrill taught at the Massachusetts State Normal School, Westfield, Massachusetts (1882–83), at Wesleyan University (1883–86), at University of Southern California (1887–88), again at Wesleyan (1888–1905) as professor of Latin language and literature, and at Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut (1905–08). In 1908 he became professor of Latin at the University of Chicago, where he taught until his retirement in 1925. In 1898–99, he was professor, in 1899–1900, acting chairman, in 1900–01, chairman of the work of the American School of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Hendrik Waszink
Jan Hendrik Waszink (17 October 1908, Renswoude – 5 October 1990, Lugano) was a Dutch Latin scholar, Professor of Latin at Leiden University. Best known as an expert on Tertullian, he also edited the translation and commentary by Calcidius on Plato's ''Timaeus''. Waszink is counted following Franz Joseph Dölger and others as one of the founders of Reallexikon für Antike und Christentum and with Christine Mohrmann of Vigiliae Christianae. Life Waszink was born in Renswoude, where his father was a doctor. He was educated at a local grammar school before studying classics at Leiden University, writing his PhD thesis (1933) on Tertullian. After being a grammar school teacher, he was appointed Professor of Latin at Leiden in 1946. Though best known for his interest in patristics - fired by Dölger's seminars - he also took an interest in neo-Latin, writing on Petrarch and participating in the edition of Erasmus. Waszink became member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Ellen Snodgrass
Mary Ellen Snodgrass (born February 29, 1944) is an American educator and writer of textbooks and general reference works. Biography Snodgrass was born on February 29, 1944 in Wilmington, North Carolina to William and Lucy Robinson. She attended University of North Carolina at Greensboro (1966) and Appalachian State University and is a member of Phi Beta Kappa. Snodgrass taught English and Latin at Hickory High School and Lenoir Rhyne University for 23 years. She is a member of the North Carolina Library Board and in 2013 chaired '' VOYA's'' nonfiction honor list selection committee. Snodgrass has reviewed reference books for ''Booklist'', ''Choice Reviews'', ''Isis'', and others and has won several reference books-of-the-year awards from the American Library Association, ''Choice'', and ''Library Journal''. Her books have also been named editor's choice by the ''Hickory Daily Record'', ''Booklist'', and the New York Public Library. Personal life She married Hugh Snodgrass ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tertullian
Tertullian (; la, Quintus Septimius Florens Tertullianus; 155 AD – 220 AD) was a prolific early Christian author from Carthage in the Roman province of Africa. He was the first Christian author to produce an extensive corpus of Latin Christian literature. He was an early Christian apologist and a polemicist against heresy, including contemporary Christian Gnosticism. Tertullian has been called "the father of Latin Christianity" and "the founder of Western theology". Tertullian originated new theological concepts and advanced the development of early Church doctrine. He is perhaps most famous for being the first writer in Latin known to use the term ''trinity'' (Latin: ''trinitas''). Tertullian was never recognized as a saint by the Eastern or Western Catholic churches. Several of his teachings on issues such as the clear subordination of the Son and Spirit to the Father, as well as his condemnation of remarriage for widows and of fleeing from persecution, contr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tacitus On Christ
The Roman historiography, Roman historian and Roman Senate, senator Tacitus referred to Jesus, Crucifixion of Jesus, his execution by Pontius Pilate, and the existence of Early centers of Christianity#Rome, early Christians in Rome in his final work, ''Annals (Tacitus), Annals'' (written ''ca.'' AD 116), wikisource:The Annals (Tacitus)/Book 15#44, book 15, chapter 44. The context of the passage is the six-day Great Fire of Rome that burned much of the city in AD 64 during the reign of Roman Emperor Nero.Stephen Dando-Collins 2010 ''The Great Fire of Rome'' pages 1-4 The passage is one of the earliest non-Christian references to the History of Christianity#Early Christianity (c. 31/33–324), origins of Christianity, the execution of Christ described in the Gospel#Canonical gospels, canonical gospels, and the presence and Persecution of Christians#Roman Empire, persecution of Christians in 1st-century Rome. The scholarly consensus is that Tacitus' reference to the execution of Je ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nero
Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus ( ; born Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus; 15 December AD 37 – 9 June AD 68), was the fifth Roman emperor and final emperor of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, reigning from AD 54 until his death in AD 68. He was adopted by the Roman emperor Claudius at the age of 13 and succeeded him on the throne. Nero was popular with the members of his Praetorian Guard and lower-class commoners in Rome and its provinces, but he was deeply resented by the Roman aristocracy. Most contemporary sources describe him as tyrannical, self-indulgent, and debauched. After being declared a public enemy by the Roman Senate, he committed suicide at age 30. Nero was born at Antium in AD 37, the son of Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus and Agrippina the Younger, a great-granddaughter of the emperor Augustus. When Nero was two years old, his father died. His mother married the emperor Claudius, who eventually adopted Nero as his heir; when Cla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vigiliae Christianae
''Vigiliae Christianae: A Review of Early Christian Life and Languages'' is a peer-reviewed academic journal published by Brill Publishers Brill Academic Publishers (known as E. J. Brill, Koninklijke Brill, Brill ()) is a Dutch international academic publisher founded in 1683 in Leiden, Netherlands. With offices in Leiden, Boston, Paderborn and Singapore, Brill today publishes 27 ... in the field of History of Christianity, early Christian studies. According to the publisher: The initiators of this journal were Jan Hendrik Waszink and Christine Mohrmann. Current editors The current editors-in-chief of the Journal are: * Katharina Greschat (Ruhr University Bochum) * Joseph Lössl (Cardiff University) * Johannes (Hans) van Oort (Radboud University Nijmegen) * Bart D. Ehrman (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) * G.A.M. Rouwhorst (Tilburg University) * David T. Runia (University of Melbourne) * Clemens Scholten (University of Cologne) Abstracting and index ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
