Jerome, Chronicle 181d-e
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Context
St. Jerome undertook to write a universal history of the world early
in his illustrious career. His work translated and annotated the second half of
Eusebius’ work, finished over a half century earlier, which was organized as a tabulated
concordance of chronological schemes (χρονικοὶ κανόνες) ranging from Abraham to
Constantine I; he continued Eusebius in the same format with his own historical
compendium for the years 327-378 C.E. This passage from Jerome’s translation of Eusebius
covers the end of Claudius’ reign, including events in the governorship of Judaea, which
was headquartered in Caesarea, and in the life of St. Paul.
Text
Romanorum Judaeorum
CCVIII Olymp(ias) XIII (d) Sub Felici procuratore Iudaeae extiterunt multi, qui IX populum
sua persuasione deciperent. In quibus et Aegyptus quidam pseudoprofetes fuit, qui plurimos
sibi adsocians in ipso magnarum rerum conatu per exercitum Felicis opprimitur. Scribit
Iosephus consentanee Apostolorum Actibus, in quibus Paulo dicitur a tribuno: nonne tu es
Aegyptus, qui ante hos dies concitasti et eduxisti in desertum IIII milia virorum ĪĪLXX XIV
(e) Claudius moritur in Palatio anno aetatis LXIIII X
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Textual Note
Ed. Helm 1956Corrigenda Note
Minor corr.Translation
Year of the Romans Year of the Jews 208th Olympiad [53 C.E.] 13 (d)
When Felix was procurator of Judaea, there are 9 many who deceived the people through
the art of persuasion. Among them was a certain Egyptian false prophet who, attracting
many followers to himself, is put down by the army of Felix for undertaking grand plans.
Josephus writes in agreement with the Acts of the Apostles, where the tribune asks Paul,
“Are you not the Egyptian who over these past days stirred up (a revolt) and led 4,000
men out into the desert?” [54 C.E.] 2070 14 (e) Claudius dies in the Palace at the age
of 64. 10
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Translation Note
Trans. J. L. Rife with ref. to Pearse 2005Works Cited
- 1 Jerome, Eusebius Werke VII: Die Chronik des Hieronymus, ed. Rudolf Helm, Die griechischen christlichen Schriftsteller der ersten drei Jahrhunderte 47 (Berlin: Akademie Verlag, 1956), p: 181a-c.
- 2 Jerome, The Chronicle of St. Jerome: Machine Readable Text, trans. Roger Pearse (Ipswich, UK, 2005)
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Joseph L. Rife, “Jerome, Chronicle 181d-e,” in Caesarea Maritima: A Collection of Testimonia, entry published June 30, 2023, https://caesarea-maritima.org/testimonia/274.
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