When was Jesus really born?
Subtitle: early Christianity, the calendar, and the life of Jesus
By: Steven L Ware
Publisher: Concordia Publishing House
Published: 2013
Place of publication: St. Louis
Language: eng
Number of pages: 281
ISBN-13: 9780758641977
Subjects: Primitive and early church; Date of birth; Time measurements; Calendars; Christianity; Gregorian Calendar; Church history; Jesus Christ's birth date; Biography; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-272) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: a season for a reason; title: When was Jesus really born?; title: Down to Egypt, on to Rome; title: The cosmic puzzle; title: Documenting the divine; title: Dionysius Exiguus, the paschal cycle, and the Advent of the Christian era; title: Urban's big mistake, Gregory's big fix, and a simple line; title: Epilogue: Poisson d'Avril; title: Appendix A: Roman calendar converter for dates of (Western) Easter; title: Appendix B: The Easter cycle of Saint Cyril; title: Appendix C: The Easter cycle of Dionysius Exiguus; title: Appendix D: Victorius of Aquitaine vs. Dionysius Exiguus on the calculation of Easter; title: Appendix E: The calendars of Dionysius Exiguus; title: Appendix F: Timeline; title: Appendix G: Easter dates 1956-2200.