عنوان

Calculating December 25 as the Birth of Jesus in Hippolytus' Canon and Chronicon

شماره

LA129033

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انگلیسی

عنوان اصلي

Calculating December 25 as the Birth of Jesus in Hippolytus' Canon and Chronicon

نام عام مواد

[Article]

نام نخستين پديدآور

Thomas C. Schmidt

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

Leiden

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Brill

متن يادداشت

This article argues that around 235 ce Hippolytus of Rome placed the birth of Jesus on December 25. While this has been theorized in the past, this article brings forward hitherto unheralded evidence about Jesus' birth from Hippolytus' Canon and his Chronicon. First, the Canon marks the Passover as the γένεσις of Jesus, a word which scholars have previously thought refers to birth. This article however uses evidence from an extensive word study to show that the term most likely refers to conception, which would then place the birth of Jesus sometime in late fall or early winter. Secondly, the article shows that in his Chronicon Hippolytus placed Jesus' birth exactly nine months after the anniversary of the world's creation. Calculations in his Chronicon and Canon indicate that Hippolytus thought the world was created on March 25, meaning that he likely believed that Jesus was born on December 25. This article argues that around 235 ce Hippolytus of Rome placed the birth of Jesus on December 25. While this has been theorized in the past, this article brings forward hitherto unheralded evidence about Jesus' birth from Hippolytus' Canon and his Chronicon. First, the Canon marks the Passover as the γένεσις of Jesus, a word which scholars have previously thought refers to birth. This article however uses evidence from an extensive word study to show that the term most likely refers to conception, which would then place the birth of Jesus sometime in late fall or early winter. Secondly, the article shows that in his Chronicon Hippolytus placed Jesus' birth exactly nine months after the anniversary of the world's creation. Calculations in his Chronicon and Canon indicate that Hippolytus thought the world was created on March 25, meaning that he likely believed that Jesus was born on December 25.

تاريخ نشر

2015

توصيف ظاهري

542-563

عنوان

Vigiliae Christianae

شماره جلد

69/5

شماره استاندارد بين المللي پياييندها

1570-0720

اصطلاح موضوعی

Calculation Theory

اصطلاح موضوعی

Christmas

اصطلاح موضوعی

December 25

اصطلاح موضوعی

Hippolytus

اصطلاح موضوعی

History of Religions Theory

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Thomas C. Schmidt

شماره بازیابی

10.1163/15700720-12341243

نام الکترونيکي

فرمت انتشار

p

نوع ماده

[Article]

کد کاربرگه

275578

سطح دسترسي

a

تكميل شده

Y