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  2. Josephus - Wikipedia

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    Josephus was born into one of Jerusalem's elite families. [12] He was the second-born son of Matthias, a Jewish priest . His older full-blooded brother was also, like his father, called Matthias. [ 13 ]

  3. Josephus on Jesus - Wikipedia

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    Josephus's account places the date of the death of James as AD 62. [128] This date is supported by Jerome 's 'seventh year of the Emperor Nero', although Jerome may simply be drawing this from Josephus. [ 129 ]

  4. Census of Quirinius - Wikipedia

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    The 2nd-century Christian apologist Justin Martyr claimed, without evidence, that the record of the census was still available and that it showed that Jesus was born in Bethlehem. [ 21 ] [ 22 ] Another Christian apologist, Tertullian ( c. 155 – c. 220 ), suggested that Jesus's family was recorded in a census of Judaea conducted by Sentius ...

  5. Date of the birth of Jesus - Wikipedia

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    Matthew 2:1 states that "Jesus was born in Bethlehem of ... death date of 1 ... manuscripts of Josephus’s Antiquities have the death of Philip in ...

  6. Historical Jesus - Wikipedia

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    Jesus was a Galilean Jew who was born between 7 and 2 BC and died 30–36 AD. [ 170 ] [ 171 ] [ 172 ] Jesus lived only in Galilee and Judea: [ 173 ] Most scholars reject that there is any evidence that an adult Jesus traveled or studied outside Galilee and Judea.

  7. James, brother of Jesus - Wikipedia

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    According to a passage found in Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews (20.9.1), "the brother of Jesus, who was called Christ, whose name was James" met his death after the death of the procurator Porcius Festus but before Lucceius Albinus had assumed office – which has been dated to 62. [99]

  8. 42 years ago today, 'Lord of the Rings' creator, J.R.R ... - AOL

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    The professor retired from teaching in 1959, and was graced with more and more literary fame until his death on September 2, 1973 at age 81. It was another 28 years after Tolkien's death before ...

  9. Ussher chronology - Wikipedia

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    Ussher chose 5 BC as Christ's birth year [7] because Josephus indicated that the death of Herod the Great occurred in 4 BC. [8] Thus, for the Gospel of Matthew to be correct, Jesus could not have been born after that date. The season in which Creation occurred was the subject of considerable theological debate in Ussher's time. Many scholars ...