Difference between revisions of "Quirinius"

From 4 Enoch: : The Online Encyclopedia of Second Temple Judaism, and Christian and Islamic Origins
Jump to navigation Jump to search
(Redirected page to Category:Quirinius (subject))
 
Line 1: Line 1:
*ANCIENT SOURCES: see [[Quirinius (sources)]]
#REDIRECT [[:Category:Quirinius (subject)]]
*SCHOLARLY AND FICTIONAL WORKS: see [[:Category:Quirinius (subject)]]
 
 
'''Publius Sulpicius Quirinius''' was the Roman governor of Syria, from 6 to 9 CE, under Emperor [[Augustus]].
 
==Overview==
 
Quirinius was a Roman official and politician.
 
After the banishment of the ethnarch [[Herod Archelaus]] in 6 CE, the province of Judea came under direct Roman administration with [[Coponius]] as prefect; at the same time Quirinius was appointed legate of Syria, with instructions to assess the province of Judea for taxation purposes.
 
The census Quirinius carried in 6-7 CE was a necessary step in order to lay the foundations of the new province of Judea. The census however generated a lot of discontent among the Jewish peasants, who were now required to pay in money and not in kind. According to Josephus, the census triggered the revolt of [[Judas the Galilean]] and the formation of the party of the [[Zealots]]. Only the intervention of the High Priest [[Eleazar ben Boethus]] convinced the majority of the population to cooperate with the Roman authorities. The census of Quirinius remained so impressed in people's memory that two generations later the [[Gospel of Luke]] made it the setting of [[Jesus of Nazareth|Jesus]]' birth, although erroneously dating it at the time of [[Herod the Great]].
 
[[Quirinius]] also appointed [[Annas]] the first High Priest nominated directly by the Romans.
 
==Quirinius in ancient sources==
 
==Quirinius in Scholarship==
 
==Quirinius in Fiction==
 
==Related categories==
 
==External links==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quirinius Wikipedia (Quirinius)] / [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Census_of_Quirinius Wikipedia (Census of Quirinius)]
*[http://www.livius.org/su-sz/sulpicius/quirinius.html Livius.org]




[[Category:Index]]
[[Category:Index]]
[[Category:People]]
[[Category:People]]

Latest revision as of 10:54, 12 February 2012

Redirect to:

Retrieved from "https://4enoch.org/wiki5/index.php?title=Quirinius&oldid=89269"