Early classical authors on Jesus
"Margaret H. Williams examines how classical writers saw and portrayed Jesus, engaging with the fact that as the originator of a new (and still existing) world religion, Jesus of Nazareth, otherwise known as Christus (Christ), is an individual of indisputable historical significance. Williams s...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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International Clark
2023
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The reception of Jesus in the first three centuries (7)
Year: 2023 |
| Series/Journal: | The reception of Jesus in the first three centuries
7 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Jesus Christus
/ Reception
/ History 1-300
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| IxTheo Classification: | KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity |
| Further subjects: | B
Jesus Christ
B Classical literature History and criticism |
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| Summary: | "Margaret H. Williams examines how classical writers saw and portrayed Jesus, engaging with the fact that as the originator of a new (and still existing) world religion, Jesus of Nazareth, otherwise known as Christus (Christ), is an individual of indisputable historical significance. Williams shows how from the outset Jesus was a controversial figure. Contemporary Jews in the Roman province of Judaea tended either to adore or to abhor him. When indue course his fame spread throughout the wider Roman empire, reactions to him there among both Jews and non-Jews were no less divergent. Each of the early classical writers who makes mention of him, the historian Tacitus, the biographer Suetonius, the epistolographer Pliny and the satirist Lucian, takes a different view of him and presents him in a different way. Williams considers these different depictions and questions why these writers had such differing views of Jesus. To answer this question Williams examines not only to the different literary conventions by which each of these writers was bound but also to the social, cultural and religious contexts in which they operated"-- |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 056768315X |