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Tacitus and the Persecution of the Christians: An Invention of Tradition?

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VAN DER LANS B., BREMMER J. N.
Eirene. Studia Graeca et Latina
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2017
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vol. 53
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issue 1-2
299-331
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Tacitus’ description of Nero’s punishment of Christians for the Great Fire of Rome in AD 64 has made a great impact on later understandings of Christian history. However, several questions have been raised concerning the accuracy of this account, and recently the historicity of a persecution of Christians under Nero has been denied altogether by Brent Shaw. This article discusses the most important objections and tries to achieve a better understanding of the events by combining an analysis of the narrative functions of this persecution in Tacitus with a new consideration of the earliest Christian reports. The article ends with an Appendix containing an updated analysis of the emergence of the name “Christian”.
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