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Cover 1 Dedication 6 Acknowledgements 8 Table of Contents 12 Introduction 18 Chapter one: Claudius and the Christians 28 1 Chrestus, Jews and Christians 28 1.1 Claudius’ Relations with the Jews 28 1.2 The Texts 31 1.3 The Identity of Chrestus 32 1.4 The Date in Orosius 39 1.5 The Tradition in Cassius Dio 42 2 Conclusion 44 Chapter two: Nero and the Christians 46 1 Pagan Sources 46 1.1 IG VII, 2713 and Nero as Zeus Liberator 46 1.1.1 The Inscription 47 1.1.2 The Gift of Freedom: Nero and Greece 49 1.1.3 Zeus the Liberator 51 1.1.4 Archaeological Questions: Statues, Altars, and Temples 52 1.1.5 IG VII 2713, the Christians, and the New Testament 54 1.2 Nero and the New Testament 55 1.3 Tacitus’ Text 56 1.3.1 Tacitus’ Sources 58 1.3.2 The Date of the Fire 59 1.3.3 The Persecuting Magistrate 60 1.3.4 Human Help (Ann. 15.44.2) 63 1.3.5 Arson and Faith (Ann. 15.44.2) 63 1.3.6 Crimes (Ann. 15.44.2) 64 1.3.7 Christ, Pilate, and Chrestians (Ann. 15.44.3) 67 1.3.8 Repression (Ann. 15.44.3) 67 1.3.9 Superstition (Ann. 15.44.3) 68 1.3.10 Acceptable Roman Religion: A Digression 71 1.3.11 Resurgence (Ann. 15.44.3) 73 1.3.12 Shocking and Shameful Things in Rome (Ann. 15.44.3) 74 1.3.13 Confession

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John Granger Cook;

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