Early Classical Authors on Jesus

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Dr. Margaret H. Williams (University of Edinburgh, UK) Chris Keith (Norwegian School of Theology Religion and Society Norway)

Early Classical Authors on Jesus

Dr. Margaret H. Williams (University of Edinburgh, UK), Chris Keith (Norwegian School of Theology Religion and Society Norway), Helen K Bond (University of Edinburgh UK) , Jens Schroeter (Humboldt University Berlin Germany)

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T.& T.Clark Ltd
27 June 2024

History of religion; Christianity; Sacred texts

Series: The Reception of Jesus in the First Three Centuries

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.

By: Dr. Margaret H. Williams (University of Edinburgh UK)
Edited by: Chris Keith (Norwegian School of Theology Religion and Society Norway), Helen K Bond (University of Edinburgh UK), Jens Schroeter (Humboldt University Berlin Germany)
Imprint: T.& T.Clark Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 454g
ISBN: 9780567708656
ISBN 10: 0567708659
Series: The Reception of Jesus in the First Three Centuries
Pages: 244
Publication Date: 27 June 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Preface Abbreviations Chapter 1. Another Book on Jesus? Chapter 2. Pliny and Christus (i) – Setting the Scene Chapter 3. Pliny and Christus (ii) – Investigating the Cult of Christ Chapter 4. Tacitus’s Testimony for ‘Jesus’ – Authentic or Interpolated? Chapter 5. Tacitus on Christus – a Master Rhetorician at Work Chapter 6. Suetonius and Chrestus – the Third Classical Writer to Refer to Christ? Chapter 7. Lucian of Samosata – a Satirical Take on Jesus Chapter 8. Celsus – the First Serious Pagan Critic of Jesus Chapter 9. Celsus’s Tripartite Assault on Jesus Chapter 10. Overview and Conclusion Appendices Appendix 1. Inscriptions Relating to Pliny, Tacitus and Suetonius Appendix 2. Suetonius’s skill in source-evaluation: Gaius 8.1-5 and Div. Aug.7.1-2 Appendix 3. Suetonius’s Compositional Practices Apendix 4. Chrestus, the Unknown (and Unknowable?) Claudian Agitator Bibliography Author Index

Margaret H. Williams is Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Edinburgh, UK.