{"id":997,"date":"2009-12-07T22:38:29","date_gmt":"2009-12-08T05:38:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/plgo.info\/?p=997"},"modified":"2009-12-07T22:38:29","modified_gmt":"2009-12-08T05:38:29","slug":"article-gumerlock-nero-anticrist-patristic-evidence-of-the-use-of-nero%e2%80%99s-name-in-calculating-the-number-of-the-beast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/plgo.org\/?p=997","title":{"rendered":"Article. Gumerlock. Nero AntiCrist: Patristic Evidence of the Use of Nero\u2019s Name in Calculating the Number of the Beast."},"content":{"rendered":"
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THE NERO THEORY & THE PROBLEM OF PATRISTIC EVIDENCE
\nIn Revelation 13:18 John says that the number of the beast is that of a man. For almost two centuries a multitude of scholars have suggested that the \u201cman\u201d was the Roman emperor Nero. Although according to certain authors the Nero identification is \u201cthe most widely accepted\u201d interpretation, one of it main problems is the lack of substantiation for it in patristic literature. This paper introduces a fifth-century chronicle from North African Christianity, entitled Liber Genealogus or Book of Genealogy, that has bearing on the question of whether or not early Christians used Nero\u2019s name in their calculations of the number of the beast. It will provide a translation of the relevant portion, contextualize and explain the passage, bring it into dialogue with a statement from Irenaeus, and discuss its implications for biblical studies.<\/p>\n

Francis X. Gumerlock<\/strong><\/p>\n

Westminster Seminary Journal 68 (2006):347-360<\/p>\n

[Noticed here with permission].<\/strong>
\nFor more info, please his site at:
\nhttp:\/\/francisgumerlock.com\/<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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