Early Classical Authors on Jesus

ISBN-13: 9780567683151 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 208 str.

WILLIAMS MARGARET H

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Preface Abbreviations Chapter 1. Another Book on Jesus? Chapter 2. Pliny and Christus (i) – Setting the Scene Chapter 3. Pliny and Christus (ii) – Investigating the Cult of Christ Chapter 4. Tacitus’s Testimony for ‘Jesus’ – Authentic or Interpolated? Chapter 5. Tacitus on Christus – a Master Rhetorician at Work Chapter 6. Suetonius and Chrestus – the Third Classical Writer to Refer to Christ? Chapter 7. Lucian of Samosata – a Satirical Take on Jesus Chapter 8. Celsus – the First Serious Pagan Critic of Jesus Chapter 9. Celsus’s Tripartite Assault on Jesus Chapter 10. Overview and Conclusion Appendices Appendix 1. Inscriptions Relating to Pliny, Tacitus and Suetonius Appendix 2. Suetonius’s skill in source-evaluation: Gaius 8.1-5 and Div. Aug.7.1-2 Appendix 3. Suetonius’s Compositional Practices Apendix 4. Chrestus, the Unknown (and Unknowable?) Claudian Agitator Bibliography Author Index