Theos-Talk Archives (March 2006 Message tt01314)

Hello Chuck,

> There is a reference to him in Suetonius' life of Claudius.
The reference you have in mind is to someone named "Chrestus" who led a 
riot.  It is possible that it is a reference to Jesus, or to "Christos," 
or to a follower of Jesus.  All these possibilities have been suggested 
in the theologian's desperate search for a solid reference to Jesus 
outside of the Bible.  Most likely, Suetonius' gloss is only a reference 
to some rabble rouser named Chrestus: a perfectly proper Greek name at 
the time.  Ironically, the name means "a good person" or a 
"gentleman."   Christos, on the other hand, means annoited by god, a 
word that alludes to the Greek mysteries. 
Best
Jerry




Drpsionic@aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 3/22/2006 9:10:32 PM Central Standard Time,  
> jjhe@charter.net writes:
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> Philo  the Jew was a 
> contemporary of the Biblical Jesus but does not mention a  Jesus nor the 
> Jewish-Christians, though he thoroughly accounts for every  Jewish sect. 
> The Roman have no record of him. 
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> There is a reference to him in Suetonius' life of Claudius.
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> Apparently the Romans knew the name well enough to think ill of him.   I 
> particularly like Tacitus description of the Christians as a "sect noted for  th
> eir abominations," and his description of Nero's failed attempt to wipe them  
> out as the one praiseworthy thing that Nero attempted.
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> Chuck the Heretic
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