Additional Roman texts reference Jesus. Shortly before Tacitus penned his account of Jesus, Roman governor Pliny the Younger wrote to Emperor Trajan that early Christians would “sing hymns to Christ as to a god.” Some scholars also believe Roman historian Suetonius references Jesus in noting that...
Sermon on the Mount E32 – In his fourth teaching on relationships and conflict in the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus encourages his listeners to ask God for what they need. Because the three previous teachings don't directly tell us how to respond in specif
On this day in 1764, Edward Gibbon, historian and Member of Parliament, saw friars singing in the ruins of the Temple of Jupiter in Rome. The experience inspires him to write what would become the controversial History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, published in six volumes ...
I conclude with this final revelation relating to knees, blessings, and camels concerning prayer. Jerome, a 4th-century priest, and Bible historian wrote that James, the brother of the Lord, prayed so much that his knees became hardened and calloused, much like a camel's knees do from knee...
(about five miles a day) to millennia-old sites such as Amos’s amphitheatre on a splendid headland, or the ruins of Lydae and Phoenix, both so remote that archaeologists have barely scraped their surfaces. Elsewhere are Roman necropolises, Byzantine churches and Ottoman cisterns in lonely ...
In the late 2nd century, the Roman-supporting historian Irenaeus wrote: 12. For all those who are of a perverse mind, having been set against the Mosaic legislation, judging it to be dissimilar and contrary to the doctrine of the Gospel, have not applied themselves to investigate the causes...
Rhaina Cohen:You know, often people would not quite remember what the book was about. I had a boss at one point write in an email to other people that I was writing a book about the power of female friendship. And I was like,Well, it’s not all about women. And also that ...
Translated to “every man is the artisan (or, alternatively, architect) of his own fortune”, the quote is attributed to Roman politician and historian Sallust in a letter he wrote to Julius Caesar. The letter was written in praise of Caesar’s work, how the latter had worked hard to ac...
During the Han Dynasty,there was a historian (史官) named Sima Qian.One day,the emperor(皇帝) received a message from northern China.It said that the general (将军) Li Ling had given in (投降) to the enemy.The emperor was very angry with Li Ling.But Sima Qian ...
Tacitus, one of the premier historians of the Roman Empire, wrote a number of works that dealt with the history of the empire in its first century. That made Octavian/Augustus a figure in his writing.Answer and Explanation: It appears that, like many of his contemporaries but unlike many ...