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- Mara Bar-Serapion, a Stoic philosopher from Syria, is by some believed to be the provider of one of the earliest non-Jewish, non-Christian references to Jesus. His letter, first edited in the nineteenth century by William Cureton, has been dated to sometime after 73 A.D. , some 40 years after the crucifixion of Jesus. It could though have been written as late as in the third century. Writing from prison to encourage his son to pursue wisdom, he uses examples of Socrates, Pythagoras and a "wise king" who was executed by the Jews. What advantage did the Athenians gain from putting Socrates to death? Famine and plague came upon them as a judgment for their crime. What advantage did the men of Samos gain from burning Pythagoras? In a moment their land was covered with sand. What advantage did the Jews gain from executing their wise king? It was just after that that their kingdom was abolished. God justly avenged these three wise men: the Athenians died of hunger; the Samians were overwhelmed by the sea; the Jews, ruined and driven from their land, live in complete dispersion. But Socrates did not die for good; he lived on in the teaching of Plato. Pythagoras did not die for good; he lived on in the statue of Hera. Nor did the wise king die for good; he lived on in the teaching which he had given The British Museum preserves the text of this letter, which can be interpreted as giving early evidence of a historical Jewish king fitting the description of Jesus. Skeptics of Christianity, particularly to the historicity of Jesus, argue that Bar-Serapion does not explicitly mention him by name like Socrates and Pythagoras. In their estimation, this leaves doubt as to the actual identity of this "wise king". Historians and Christian apologists, however, argue that the allusion to a "wise king", specifically a Jew who was executed by the Jews, fits no other individual in history but Jesus as it directly coincides with the many Biblical references to Jesus as "King of the Jews", as well as the chronology for the dates of the Crucifixion (A.D. 30), the subsequent destruction of Jerusalem (A.D. 70), and immediate dispersion of the Jews, which are clearly mentioned by Bar-Serapion.
- Mara Bar Serapion (= Mara Sohn des Serapion) (Lebensdaten unbekannt), war ein syrischer Stoiker und Schriftsteller aus dem ersten oder zweiten Jahrhundert. Von ihm soll eines der ersten nichtjüdischen und nichtchristlichen Hinweise über das Leben Jesu stammen. In einem Brief, geschrieben aus dem Gefängnis an seinen Sohn, der ebenfalls Serapion hieß, erwähnt er die Hinrichtung eines weisen, jüdischen Königs. Das Britische Museum besitzt die einzige Abschrift dieses Briefes aus dem 7. Jahrhundert, in welchem ein „Jüdischer König“ beschrieben wird, auf den die Beschreibung des biblischen Jesu passen könnte. Er nennt Jesus nicht beim Namen, erwähnt aber, dass er durch seine Lehren weiterlebt. Nach Ansicht mehrerer Bibelwissenschaftler und Historiker ist wahrscheinlich das Christentum damit gemeint.
- La Lettera di Mara Bar Serapion è un documento in greco antico ritrovato nel XIX secolo dall'orientalista William Cureton. Scritta dallo stoico siriano Mara Bar Serapion, la lettera è indirizzata al figlio, Serapione, separato dal padre a causa di una guerra e da lui invitato a cercare virtù, saggezza e moderazione. Sono state avanzate diverse datazioni per la lettera, a partire dall'anno 73 fino al III secolo. La lettera è conservata nel manoscritto British Museum Syriac MS Additional 14658, risalente al VII secolo e conservato al British Museum. La lettera fu tramandata probabilmente in virtù dei suoi insegnamenti morali o per la presenza di un riferimento ad un personaggio identificato dai cristiani siriani con Gesù.
- Mara Bar-Serapion foi um escritor sírio, considerado, por alguns, como aquele que forneceu uma das primeiras referências não judaica e não cristã sobre Jesus. Sua carta, publicada pela primeira vez no século XIX por William Cureton, é datada a uma época posterior ao ano 73 d.C. , mais ou menos 40 anos depois da crucificação de Jesus. Há uma possibilidade de ter sido escrita no século III d.C.. Ao escrever para encorajar seu filho na aquisição do conhecimento, usa exemplos de Sócrates, Pitágoras e de um "rei sábio", que foi executado pelos judeus.
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- Mara Bar-Serapion, a Stoic philosopher from Syria, is by some believed to be the provider of one of the earliest non-Jewish, non-Christian references to Jesus. His letter, first edited in the nineteenth century by William Cureton, has been dated to sometime after 73 A.D. , some 40 years after the crucifixion of Jesus. It could though have been written as late as in the third century.
- Mara Bar Serapion (= Mara Sohn des Serapion) (Lebensdaten unbekannt), war ein syrischer Stoiker und Schriftsteller aus dem ersten oder zweiten Jahrhundert. Von ihm soll eines der ersten nichtjüdischen und nichtchristlichen Hinweise über das Leben Jesu stammen. In einem Brief, geschrieben aus dem Gefängnis an seinen Sohn, der ebenfalls Serapion hieß, erwähnt er die Hinrichtung eines weisen, jüdischen Königs. Das Britische Museum besitzt die einzige Abschrift dieses Briefes aus dem 7.
- La Lettera di Mara Bar Serapion è un documento in greco antico ritrovato nel XIX secolo dall'orientalista William Cureton. Scritta dallo stoico siriano Mara Bar Serapion, la lettera è indirizzata al figlio, Serapione, separato dal padre a causa di una guerra e da lui invitato a cercare virtù, saggezza e moderazione. Sono state avanzate diverse datazioni per la lettera, a partire dall'anno 73 fino al III secolo.
- Mara Bar-Serapion foi um escritor sírio, considerado, por alguns, como aquele que forneceu uma das primeiras referências não judaica e não cristã sobre Jesus. Sua carta, publicada pela primeira vez no século XIX por William Cureton, é datada a uma época posterior ao ano 73 d.C. , mais ou menos 40 anos depois da crucificação de Jesus. Há uma possibilidade de ter sido escrita no século III d.C..
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