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Post by Admin on Mar 19, 2013 22:03:57 GMT -5
[/u]."[/ul] WERE NON-ROMAN CITIZENS COUNTED IN CENSUSES?Censuses did take place of non-citizens in provincial censuses such as that was taken in Gaul in 27 BCE. Further, the worldwide decree for a 5% inheritance tax on estates by Caesar Augustus in 6 CE necessitated a census to register transferable assets, such as land, and to record genealogies to establish "very near relatives." Josephus recorded that " ...Cyrenius, [...], came at this time into Syria, with a few others, being sent by Caesar to be a judge of that nation, and to take an account of their substance." (Ant. XVIII 1:1 also see Ant. XX 5:2). DID LUKE CORRECTLY DATE QUIRINIUS' CENSUS?Row 1 column 1 | xxx | | Despite the fact that the inscription doesn't specifically mention Quirinius by name, (or where his first legateship was, if the inscription does refer to him (as certain scholars affirm) there is legigimate possibility that Luke is refering to an earlier period. |
"In the year 1764 an inscription known as the Lapis Tiburtinus was found in Rome, which, though not giving the name, contains information that most scholars acknowledge could apply only to Quirinius. (Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum, edited by H. Dessau, Berlin, 1887, Vol. 14, p. 397, No. 3613) [The Inscription] contains the statement that on going to Syria he became governor (or, legate) for ‘the second time.’ On the basis of inscriptions found in Antioch containing Quirinius’ name, many historians acknowledge that Quirinius was also governor of Syria in the B.C.E. period. Many scholars, in view of the evidence of an earlier governorship by Quirinius, suggest the years 3-2 B.C.E. for his governorship. While these dates would harmonize satisfactorily with the Biblical record, the basis on which these scholars select them is in error. That is, they list Quirinius as governor during those years because they place his rule after that of Varus and hence after the death of Herod the Great, for which they use the popular but erroneous date of 4 B.C.E. (See CHRONOLOGY; HEROD No. 1 [Date of His Death].) (For the same reason, that is, their use of the unproved date 4 B.C.E. for Herod’s death, they give Varus’ governorship as from 6 to 4 B.C.E.; the length of his rule, however, is conjectural, for Josephus does not specify the date of its beginning or of its end.) The best evidence points to 2 B.C.E. for the birth of Jesus. Hence Quirinius’ governorship must have included this year or part thereof." Source & Further reading: Insight on the Scriptures Vol II p. 721“The scholarly researches of Zumpt (Commentat. epigraph., II, 86-104; De Syria romana provincia, 97-98 ) and of Mommsen (Res gestae divi Augusti) place beyond doubt that Quirinius was twice governor of Syria.” -- The Dictionnaire du Nouveau Testament in Crampon’s French Bible (1939 ed., p. 360 CONCLUSION: We do not know which period Luke's reference to “ This first registration" refers to, but available evidence indicates it may well reference a governship EARLIER than 6 CE especially as it seems Quirinius could have served as the emperor’s legate in Syria during TWO distinct periods. [/quote]
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