Mara bar Serapion on Jesus
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Mara bar Serapion on Jesus
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Mara bar Serapion was a Stoic philosopher from the Roman province of Syria. He is noted for a letter he wrote in Aramaic to his son, who was named Serapion. The letter was composed sometime after 73 AD but before the 3rd century, and most scholars date it to shortly after 73 AD during the first century. The letter may be an early non-Christian reference to the crucifixion of Jesus. The letter refers to the unjust treatment of "three wise men": the murder of Socrates, the burning of Pythagoras, a
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Ancient letter by a Stoic philosopher
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