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He calculated the period between Creation and Jesus as 5,500 years, placing the Incarnation on the spring equinox in AM 5501 (25 March, 1 BC). [7] While this implies a birth in December, Africanus did not specify Jesus's birth date. [ 8 ]
[30] [36] They point out that in AD 221, Sextus Julius Africanus suggested the spring equinox, 25 March in the Roman calendar, as the day of creation and of Jesus's conception. While this implies a birth in December, Africanus did not offer a birth date for Jesus, [37] and he was not an influential writer at the time. [38]
Heinrich Gelzer (1 July 1847, in Berlin – 11 July 1906, in Jena) was a German classical scholar.He wrote also on Armenian mythology. [1] He was the son of the Swiss historian Johann Heinrich Gelzer (1813–1889).
Annianus of Alexandria, however, preferred the Annunciation style for New Year's Day, i.e., 25 March, and shifted Panodorus' era by circa six months to begin on 25 March. This created the Alexandrian era, whose first day was the first day of the proleptic [ d ] Alexandrian civil year in progress, 29 August 5493 BCE, with the ecclesiastical year ...
In his Chronicle of Theophanes the fifth-century chronicler George Syncellus quotes the History of the World of Sextus Julius Africanus as stating that a world eclipse and an earthquake in Judea had been reported by the Greek 1st century historian Thallus in his Histories.
Most of his work, like the vast majority of ancient literature, has been lost, although some of his writings were quoted by Sextus Julius Africanus in his History of the World. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] It is not known when he lived and wrote, but his work is quoted by Theophilus of Antioch , who died around AD 185, and most scholars date Thallus ...
Hippolytus of Rome, Sextus Julius Africanus, Irenaeus: All three predicted Jesus would return in this year, with one of the predictions being based on the dimensions of Noah's Ark. [19] [20] 6 Apr 793 Beatus of Liébana: This Spanish monk prophesied the Second Coming of Christ and the end of the world on that day in front of a large crowd of ...
Africanus, Sextus Julius. Sextus Julius Africanus (c. 160 – c. 240) was a Christian traveler and historian noted for his influence on Eusebius. Known as the father of Christian chronography. [272] [273] The extant writings of Julius Africanus (1886). Translated by Scottish educator Stewart Dingwall Fordyce Salmond (1838–1905). [274]