Jesus Christ: The Mystery (TRIH eps 287-288)
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Hosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook begin a two-part examination of the life of Jesus, framing the subject as both historically crucial and theologically fraught. They read Luke's infancy narrative, then discuss why treating Jesus as a historical figure is complicated by faith claims and later Christian elaborations. The episode surveys non-Christian references (Josephus, Tacitus, Pliny, Suetonius) and archaeological evidence from Galilee, arguing the macro-context of the Gospels fits the...
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- Reign of Augustus (27 BCE)
- Jesus of Nazareth (4 BCE)
- Crucifixion of Jesus (33)
- Reign of Nero (54)
- Destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem (70)
- Reign of Trajan (98)
- Roman conquest of Britain (43)
- Caesar crosses the Rubicon (49 BCE)
- Augustus (63 BCE)
- Reign of Tiberius (14)