The Novatian "Indifferent Canon" and Pascha in Alexandria in 414: Hypatia’s Murder Case Reopened
In an earlier paper I suggested that the murder of the Alexandrian philosopher Hypatia by a clique of Bishop Cyril’s zealots resulted from her involvement in the conflict between the Roman and Alexandrian Churches regarding the date of Easter in the year 417. The murder would have been committed in...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2016
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Vigiliae Christianae
Year: 2016, Volume: 70, Issue: 4, Pages: 373-400 |
| IxTheo Classification: | BH Judaism CC Christianity and Non-Christian religion; Inter-religious relations CF Christianity and Science KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity RB Church office; congregation |
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Hypatia of Alexandria
Bishop Cyril
Novatian Church
presbyter Sabbatius
Easter
Passover
vernal equinox
equatorial ring
expulsion of Jews from Alexandria
Alexandrian calendar
Jewish calendar
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| Summary: | In an earlier paper I suggested that the murder of the Alexandrian philosopher Hypatia by a clique of Bishop Cyril’s zealots resulted from her involvement in the conflict between the Roman and Alexandrian Churches regarding the date of Easter in the year 417. The murder would have been committed in March 416 after she had performed controversial astronomical observations that supported the Roman date over the Alexandrian one. |
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| ISSN: | 1570-0720 |
| Contains: | In: Vigiliae Christianae
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15700720-12341264 |