The Easter computus and the origins of the Christian era / Alden A. Mosshammer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mosshammer, Alden A.

Series:

Oxford early Christian studies.

Oxford early Christian studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dionysius, Exiguus, -approximately 540.

Dionysius.

Easter.

Church calendar--History.

Church calendar.

Church history--Chronology.

Church history.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (488 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The system of numbering the years AD (Anni Domini, Years of the Lord) originated with Dionysius Exiguus. Dionysius drafted a 95-year table of dates for Easter beginning with the year 532 AD. Why Dionysius chose the year that he did to number as '1' has been a source of controversy and speculation for almost 1500 years. According to the Gospel of Luke (3.1; 3.23), Jesus was baptized in the 15th year of the emperor Tiberius and was about 30 years old at the time. The 15th year ofTiberius was AD 29. If Jesus was 30 years old in AD 29, then he was born in the year that we call 2 BC. Most ancient a

Contents:

Contents; List of Tables; Abbreviations; PART I. CONTEXTS; 1. Introduction; 2. Chronological Systems; 3. Easter and the Passover Moon; PART II. THE EASTER TABLES OF DIONYSIUS EXIGUUS; 4. The Letters to Boniface and Petronius; 5. The Structure of the 19-Year Cycle; 6. The Computistical Rules; PART III. PASCHAL CALCULATIONS IN EARLY CHRISTIANITY; 7. The 8-Year Cycle and the Invention of the Epacts; 8. The 19-Year Cycle of Anatolius; 9. Athanasius and the Council of Sardica; 10. The Classical Alexandrian Cycle; 11. Paschal Calculations at Rome; 12. Paschal Calculations in the Eastern Empire

13. The Chronicon Paschale and the Origins of the Byzantine EraPART IV. THE ORIGIN OF THE CHRISTIAN ERA; 14. Evidence for the Chronology of Jesus; 15. The Christian Era of Dionysius Exiguus; 16. The Christian Era of Panodorus; 17. The Christian Era of Julius Africanus; 18. Anatolius and the Christian Era; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [439]-463) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-156236-X

1-281-97867-1

9786611978679

OCLC:

318675698