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17 The Christian Era of Julius Africanus
Abstract
Syncellus cites Julius Africanus for an interval of 5500 years from Adam to the appearance of the saviour. Syncellus also says that Africanus made the 250th Olympiad correspond with the archonship of Philinus, the consulship of Seleucus and Grams, and the year 5723 from Adam. Since the consulship of Seleucus and Gratus was AD 221, many scholars have concluded that Africanus' date for the birth of Christ was 2 BC. Other evidence suggests that Africanus dated the Resurrection to Olympiad 202.2, AD 30/1, on 25 March at the beginning of the year 5532, which implies creation on 22 March 55Q1 BC and 5501 = 1 BC for the Incarnation and Nativity. This conclusion is consistent with his chronological system as a whole, which seems to have been based in part on the 19‐year cycle. A date for the Nativity on 25 December 5501 = 1 BC agrees with both Panodorus and Dionysius Exiguus.
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- Authors
- Mosshammer, A. A.
- Corresponding author
- Mosshammer, Alden A.
- Venue
- The Easter Computus and the Origins of the Christian Era
- Publisher
- Oxford University PressOxford
- Published
- 2008-10-16
- Pages
- 385-421
- OpenAlex
- W2505541276
- Semantic Scholar
- 4b34610cb6be0cf2cb33e9b741ed5fa0fc92a9ce
- Cited by
- 0
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- Type
- book chapter
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Religious studies › Biblical Studies and Interpretation
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Astronomy and Astrophysics › Historical Astronomy and Related Studies
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Classics › Byzantine Studies and History
- Keywords
- Julius Africanus, chronology, Nativity of Jesus, resurrection, Dionysius Exiguus, creation date, Christian era
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