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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 ]
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
[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]
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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.
Julius Africanus - two; orator, Christian philosopher [64] [65] Sextus Caecilius Africanus - jurist [66] Claudius Agathinus - physician [67] [68] Gnaeus Julius Agricola - general in Britain [69] [70] Sextus Calpurnius Agricola - governor in Britain [71] [72] Marcus Julius Agrippa (Agrippa I) - a king in Judea, romanized [73]
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 ...
In the course of their studies, men such as Tatian of Antioch (flourished in 180), Clement of Alexandria (died before 215), Hippolytus of Rome (died in 235), Sextus Julius Africanus of Jerusalem (died after 240), Eusebius of Caesarea in Palestine (260–340), and Pseudo-Justin frequently quoted their predecessors, the Graeco-Jewish biblical ...