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ISBN10: 0199543127, ISBN13: 9780199543120, [publisher: Oxford University Press, Oxford] Hardcover Hardcover. The system of numbering the years AD (Anni Domini, Years of the Lord) originated with Dionysius Exiguus. Dionysius drafted a 95-year table of dates for Easter beginning with the year 532 AD. Why Dionysius chose the year that he did to number as '1' has been a source of controversy and speculation for almost 1500 years. According to the Gospel of Luke (3.1; 3.23), Jesus was baptized in the 15th year of the emperor Tiberius and was about 30 years old at the time.The 15th year of Tiberius was AD 29. If Jesus was 30 years old in AD 29, then he was born in the year that we call 2 BC. Most ancient authorities dated the Nativityaccordingly.Alden Mosshammer provides the first comprehensive study of early Christian methods for calculating the date of Easter to have appeared in English in more than one hundred years. He offers an entirely new history of those methods, both Latin and Greek, from the earliest such calculations in the late second century until the emergence of the Byzantine era in the seventh century. From this history, Mosshammer draws the fresh hypothesis that Dionysius did notcalculate or otherwise invent a new date for the birth of Jesus, instead adopting a date that was already well established in the Greek church. Mosshammer offers compelling new conclusions on the originsof the Christian era drawing upon evidence found in the fragments of J ...
Oxford, England Oxford University Press, USA 2008 Hard cover New. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 488 p. Contains: Unspecified, Tables, black & white. Oxford Early Christian Studies.
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Oxford, England Oxford University Press, USA 2008 Hard cover New. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 488 p. Contains: Unspecified, Tables, black & white. Oxford Early Christian Studies.
Oxford, England OUP Oxford 2008 Hard cover New. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 488 p. Contains: Unspecified, Tables, black & white. Oxford Early Christian Studies.
Oxford University Press, USA 12/15/2008 12: 00: 00 AM Hardcover PLEASE NOTE, WE DO NOT SHIP TO DENMARK. New Book. Shipped from UK in 4 to 14 days. Established seller since 2000. Please note we cannot offer an expedited shipping service from the UK.
Oxford, England OUP Oxford 2008 Hard cover New. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 488 p. Contains: Unspecified, Tables, black & white. Oxford Early Christian Studies.
ISBN10: 0199543127, ISBN13: 9780199543120, [publisher: Oxford University Press, Oxford] Hardcover Hardcover. The system of numbering the years AD (Anni Domini, Years of the Lord) originated with Dionysius Exiguus. Dionysius drafted a 95-year table of dates for Easter beginning with the year 532 AD. Why Dionysius chose the year that he did to number as '1' has been a source of controversy and speculation for almost 1500 years. According to the Gospel of Luke (3.1; 3.23), Jesus was baptized in the 15th year of the emperor Tiberius and was about 30 years old at the time.The 15th year of Tiberius was AD 29. If Jesus was 30 years old in AD 29, then he was born in the year that we call 2 BC. Most ancient authorities dated the Nativityaccordingly.Alden Mosshammer provides the first comprehensive study of early Christian methods for calculating the date of Easter to have appeared in English in more than one hundred years. He offers an entirely new history of those methods, both Latin and Greek, from the earliest such calculations in the late second century until the emergence of the Byzantine era in the seventh century. From this history, Mosshammer draws the fresh hypothesis that Dionysius did notcalculate or otherwise invent a new date for the birth of Jesus, instead adopting a date that was already well established in the Greek church. Mosshammer offers compelling new conclusions on the originsof the Christian era drawing upon evidence found in the fragments of J ...
ISBN10: 0199543127, ISBN13: 9780199543120, [publisher: Oxford University Press] Hardcover [DH, SE, Spain] [Publication Year: 2008]
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