Tacitus

Unknown engraver, Portrait of Cornelius Tacitus (print), 1830 · Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam · CC0Unknown engraver, Portrait of Cornelius Tacitus (print), 1830, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Classical sourcec. AD 56–120

In Jewish Roots of Mary

Who

Roman historian. In his Histories he describes the Jews and the Temple at the time of Pompey's conquest in 63 BC.

Quoted works

Histories 5.9 — when Pompey entered the Holy of Holies 'the place was empty and the secret shrine contained nothing' — no Ark (p 52)

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Argument'How can you have a new exodus without a new Ark?' — the empty Holy of HoliesJewish Roots
Histories 5.9 (p 52)
ArgumentWhat happened to the lost Ark — Babylon's inventory, the Ethiopian theory, and 2 Maccabees 2Jewish Roots
Histories 5.9 (p 52)

Passages · 1

PassageTacitus — Histories 5.9Jewish Roots
when Pompey entered the Holy of Holies 'the place was empty and the secret shrine contained nothing' — no Ark (p 52)

Verses discussed · 2

Verse2 Maccabees 2:4Jewish Roots
VerseJeremiah 3:16Jewish Roots

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AuthorityJosephusJewish Roots

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