Easter Computus and the Origins of the Christian Era

Name: Easter Computus and the Origins of the Christian Era
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ISBN: 9780191562365

ISBN-10: 019156236X

ISBN-13: 9780191562365

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Authors: Alden A. Mosshammer

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The system of numbering the years A.D. (Anni Domini, Years of the Lord) originated with Dionysius Exiguus. Dionysius drafted a 95-year table of dates for Easter beginning with the year 532 A.D. Why Dionysius chose the year that he did to number as '1' has been a source of controversy and speculation for almost 1500 years. According to the Gospel of Luke (3.1; 3.23), Jesus was baptized in the 15th year of the emperor Tiberius and was about 30 years old at the time. The 15th year of Tiberius was A.D. 29. If Jesus was 30 years old in A.D. 29, then he was born in the year that we call 2 B.C. Most ancient authorities dated the Nativity accordingly.Alden Mosshammer provides the first…

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List price: $155.32
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 1/1/2008
Binding: E-Book
Language: English

Alden A. Mosshammer, Professor of History (Emeritus) University of California, San Diego.