Response to Christopher Jones: The Historicity of the Neronian Persecution

In the Journal of Roman Studies of 2015, I argued that the evidence in Tacitus for a state-directed punishment of Christians in Rome in 64 ce was too weak to sustain the historical interpretation of it as a persecution. In a reply in this journal last year, Christopher Jones argued that knowledge of...

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Κύριος συγγραφέας: Shaw, Brent D. 1947- (Συγγραφέας)
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Έκδοση: [2018]
Στο/Στη: New Testament studies
Έτος: 2018, Τόμος: 64, Τεύχος: 2, Σελίδες: 231-242
Τυποποιημένες (ακολουθίες) λέξεων-κλειδιών:B Nero, Römisches Reich, Kaiser 37-68 / Διώξεις των Χριστιανών (μοτίβο) / Geschichte 64 / Tacitus, Cornelius 55-120, Annales / Ιστορικότητα
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Άλλες λέξεις-κλειδιά:B Nero
B Christians
B Nazoreans
B Tacitus
B Peter
B Persecution
B Paul
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Σύνοψη:In the Journal of Roman Studies of 2015, I argued that the evidence in Tacitus for a state-directed punishment of Christians in Rome in 64 ce was too weak to sustain the historical interpretation of it as a persecution. In a reply in this journal last year, Christopher Jones argued that knowledge of Christians under that name could well have reached Rome by the mid-60s, that the vulgus of the city could well have accused such persons, and that the Tacitean account is therefore generally credible. While admitting the justice of some of his criticisms, I attempt in this reply to clarify some of my arguments and to restate my original claim that a persecution of Christians by the emperor Nero in connection with the Great Fire of 64 seems improbable given the context of the relations between officials of the Roman state and Christians over the first century ce.
ISSN:1469-8145
Αναφορά:Kritik von "The Historicity of the Neronian Persecution (2017)"
Περιλαμβάνει:Enthalten in: New Testament studies
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1017/S0028688517000352