Jesus ‘ben Pantera’: An Epigraphic and Military-Historical Note
There is ample evidence that anti-Christian polemicists asserted that Jesus’ true father was neither God nor Joseph, but a Roman soldier named Pantera. This was long dismissed as ahistorical, but for the past century, some interlocutors have argued that there may be credibility to the polemic, with...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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[2020]
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| In: |
Journal for the study of the historical Jesus
Year: 2020, Volume: 18, Issue: 2, Pages: 141-155 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Jesus Christus
/ Historicity
/ Roman Empire
/ Army
/ Soldier
/ Epigraphy
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| IxTheo Classification: | HC New Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
Pantera
B Epigraphy B Roman Army B Jesus’ birth |
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| Summary: | There is ample evidence that anti-Christian polemicists asserted that Jesus’ true father was neither God nor Joseph, but a Roman soldier named Pantera. This was long dismissed as ahistorical, but for the past century, some interlocutors have argued that there may be credibility to the polemic, with some going so far as to identify Pantera with a certain Tiberius Julius Abdes Pantera, a Roman archer. The present article addresses various misconceptions of Tiberius Julius Abdes Pantera by those both asserting his parentage of Jesus and those arguing against it. The article concludes that the possibility that the soldier under question was Jesus’ father is remote. |
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| ISSN: | 1745-5197 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal for the study of the historical Jesus
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/17455197-01802001 |