Samus Aran said:
Kasz216 said:
Samus Aran said:
My professor of Ancient history(just Roman-Greek history really) had a few lessons about the bible, explaining in what context the bible was written in.
You can try Wikipedia, but that's not a good source anyway.
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Stickball is actually right. Revelations has been dated as early as Claudias and as Late as Trajan. Nero and Domitian are the two most widely believed deates... however Domitian is still the most widely believed.
For one, all of the External evidence points to Domitian.
When it comes from within the text, Nero didn't put Christians to death for not worshipping him... that didn't start until Domitian. Basically they weren't persecuted for their religious beliefs until then, previously it was other reasons. The writer of the book was banished because of his beliefs.
Additionaly the persecution was only in Rome, unlike the worldwide persecution needed in revelations. Which occured under Domitian.
Your teacher was just replacing his favorite theory over the more widely accepted one. It's a fairly common thing for teachers to do... and Nero backers aren't that small of a minority.
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Actually, the Nero theory is based upon the internal writing of the book of revelation while the other theories are based upon other things and my professor didn't believe in the Nero theory, he didn't force us to believe his opinion. That goes against everything my education stands for actually.
It doesn't really change all that much anyway, the apocalypse is a text written in reaction to what was happening in the Roman empire. People see what they want to see.
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Yes, Nero also has internal writing proofs... however they aren't as strong as Domitian which also has external proofs backing it up.
Even Claudis has internal writing proofs. Pretty much every theory that isn't Domitian is based soley on internal proofs. Domitian is the most believed however because it has both, and the strongest of both.
Nero honestly is mostly popular because Nero is a bigger name. Even historians often tend to get carried away with the big names of history.
