The Easter Computus and the Origins of the Christian Era
$214.39
- Hardcover
488 pages
- Release Date
16 October 2008
Summary
Decoding Easter: Unraveling the Origins of the Christian Era
The familiar system of numbering years “AD” (Anno Domini, Year of the Lord) began with Dionysius Exiguus, who created a 95-year table of Easter dates starting from AD 532. The reason behind Dionysius’s choice of ‘1’ as the starting year has been a subject of debate for nearly 1500 years.
According to the Gospel of Luke (3.1; 3.23), Jesus was baptized in the 15th year of Emperor Tiberius and was approximately 30 yea…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780199543120 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0199543127 |
| Series: | Oxford Early Christian Studies |
| Author: | Alden A. Mosshammer |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Imprint: | Oxford University Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 488 |
| Release Date: | 16 October 2008 |
| Weight: | 851g |
| Dimensions: | 240mm x 163mm x 33mm |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
if you have a taste for abstruse learning, classical theological, and calendrical, the sort of taste which inspires the compilers of those useful annual ecclesiastical calendars that help us out so much, this is the Paschal book for you. * Robin Ward, Church Times *
About The Author
Alden A. Mosshammer
Alden A. Mosshammer is a Professor Emeritus of History at the University of California in San Diego.
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