Person
Mara bar Serapion
after 73 (date debated)
Stoic letter writer, non-Christian source
Disputed. Letter attested; date and the 'wise king' reference DISPUTED.
A Syriac letter by a prisoner from Samosata asks what the Athenians gained by killing Socrates, the Samians Pythagoras, and the Jews 'their wise king', who lives on in the laws he gave.
Bases
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- Samsat · home city · after 73 · attested
Date and reference
Soon after 73 (annexation of Commagene); 'wise king' probably Jesus
- many contributors to Merz and Tieleman (2012)
Later (2nd-3rd c.); reference uncertain
- other contributors to Merz and Tieleman
Places
Councils
No council in this list names them as a participant.
Sources
Catalog editions
No edition in the preview catalog is linked.