The year God died : Jesus and the Roman Empire in 33 AD

Lacey, Jim, 1958- author.

Book 2025

"A groundbreaking account of how the Roman Empire shaped the life and death of Jesus, overturning centuries of historical beliefs around the world--from the author of The First Clash"-- Provided by publisher.

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Bible. New Testament History of contemporary events

Jesus Christ

Jesus Christ Crucifixion

Jesus Christ Historicity

Rome History Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D

Rome History Julio-Claudians, 30 B.C.-68 A.D

Rome Politics and government 30 B.C.-68 A.D

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ISBN:

9780593355220

Edition:

First edition

Description:

x, 272 pages ; 25 cm

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references

Contents:

Prelude. A very Roman murder
Did Jesus exist?
Who wrote the gospels?
The Jesus quests
What was the Roman Empire?
Rome rules the world
A survey of the Roman world
The Roman world grows rich
What Romans believed
Tiberius and the new Roman Empire
Sejanus comes onstage
Succession, chaos returns
The death of Augustus
Prelude to Herod
Herod in Power
Birth of Jesus
Judea and Galilee under Herod's rule
Was Jesus a zealot?
Israel : herod's death and Jesus as a child
Economic Growth and Galilee
Jesus's Galilee in 33 AD
Tiberius versus Germanicus
The rise of Sejanus
The fall of Sejanus
33 AD's other great catastrophe
Reconstructing Jesus's last week
Jesus's trial
Pontius Pilate : what do we know?
Jesus on trial
Aftermath

LCCN:

2025007180

Control Number:

3358196

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