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According to the early Christian scholar Julius Africanus, Thallus apparently refers, in the third book of his histories, to the darkness at the time of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ and explained it away as a solar eclipse; there is a range of interpretations on the matter. [5] [6]
Some writers explained the crucifixion darkness in terms of solar storms, heavy cloud cover, or the aftermath of a volcanic eruption. [46] A popular work of the nineteenth century described it as an 'oppressive gloom' and suggested this was a typical phenomenon related to earthquakes.
Sextus Julius Africanus (c. 160 – c. 240; Ancient Greek: Σέξτος Ἰούλιος ὁ Ἀφρικανός or ὁ Λίβυς) was a Christian traveler and historian of the late 2nd and early 3rd centuries.
Julius Africanus writes "Phlegon records that, in the time of Tiberius Cæsar, at full moon, there was a full eclipse of the sun from the sixth hour to the ninth..." [4] Eusebius, in book 2 of Chronicle (Chronicon, quoted by Jerome), refers to Phlegon's 13th book for confirmation of an eclipse and earthquakes in Bythinia and Nicaea. [5]
Thallus, of whom very little is known, and none of whose writings survive, wrote a history allegedly around the middle to late first century CE, to which Eusebius referred. Julius Africanus , writing c. 221 CE , links a reference in the third book of the History to the period of darkness described in the crucifixion accounts in three of the ...
Sextus Julius Africanus further refers to the writings of historian Thallus: "This darkness Thallus, in the third book of his History, calls, as appears to me without reason, an eclipse of the sun. For the Hebrews celebrate the Passover on the 14th day according to the moon, and the passion of our Saviour falls on the day before the Passover ...
The attribution to Julius Africanus is not generally agreed with in later scholarly literature, and was a quirk of the choice of manuscripts. Religious Discussion at the Court of the Sassanids (HTML) ( archive.org PDF version ), 2010 translation of De gestis in Perside by Andrew Eastbourne
There seems to be some doubt about what Thallus wrote (Africanus doesn't quote Thallus) and there is doubt about when Thallus wrote his history. Van Voorst says the date is somewhat uncertain and Thallus may be the earliest to write about the crufixion. The article glosses over these doubts. E4mmacro 07:34, 31 January 2011 (UTC)
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