Mara bar Serapion
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mara-bar-serapion-189-163325
title:
Mara bar Serapion
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Mara bar Serapion, or "Mara son of Serapion", was a Syriac Stoic philosopher in the Roman province of Syria. He is only known from a letter he wrote in Syriac to his son, who was named Serapion, which refers to the execution of "the wise king of the Jews" and may be an early non-Christian reference to Jesus of Nazareth. The letter indicates that Mara's homeland was Samosata, i.e. modern-day Samsat, Turkey, but his captivity appears to have been in Seleucia, in modern-day Iraq. Mara's captivity t
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Ancient Syrian author
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mara_bar_Serapion
date created:
2012-09-30T15:29:44Z
date modified:
2024-09-09T15:25:51Z
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