Claudius and the Christians -- Nero and the Christians -- Domitian and the Christians -- Trajan and the Christians -- Hadrian and the Christians -- Conclusion : Christian attitudes toward pagans and Jews
Summary
HauptbeschreibungJohn Granger Cook investigates the earliest interactions between Roman authorities and Christians. The events in Claudius' time surrounding "Chrestos" and possible Jewish Christians are fascinating but obscure. The persecutions of Nero and Trajan may be crucial for interpreting certain texts of the New Testament, including the Gospel of Mark, 1 Peter, and the Apocalypse. Scholars have become increasingly skeptical of a persecution of the Christians during Domitian's rule, and the evidence is not strong. The rescript of Hadrian did little to change Trajan's policy with regard t
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Includes quotations in Latin and Greek, with English translations
