Historian Outside The Bible Confirming The Time of Jesus death By Thallus.

Is this the earliest validation confirming the gospels outside the Bible_ By Thallus the _historian_ Historian Outside The Bible Confirming The Time of Jesus death By Thallus.  Thallus (Greek: Θαλλός) was an early historian who wrote in Koine Greek. He wrote a three-volume history of the Mediterranean world from before the Trojan War to the 167th Olympiad, c. 112-109 BC. Most of his work, like the vast majority of ancient literature, has been lost, although some of his writings were quoted by Sextus Julius Africanus in his History of the World. The works are considered important by some Christians because they believe them to confirm the historicity of Jesus and provide non-Christian validation of the Gospel accounts: a reference to a historical eclipse, attributed to Thallus, has been taken as a mention of the worldwide darkness described in the Synoptic gospels account of the death of Jesus, although an eclipse could not have taken place during Passover when this took place. Modern scholars see the darkness as a literary creation rather than a historical event. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thallus_(historian) The Sacred Writings of Julius Africanus: Extended Annotated Edition  http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-sacred-writings-of-julius-africanus-julius-africanus/1113013631?ean=9783849621384 Overview "The Sacred Writings Of ..." provides you with the essential works among the Early Christian writings. The volumes cover the beginning of Christianity until before the promulgation of the Nicene Creed at the First Council of Nicaea. Every single volume is accurately annotated, including * an extensive biography of the author and his life Julius Africanus is the father of Christian chronography. Little is known of his life and little remains of his works. He is important chiefly because of his influence on Eusebius, on all the later writers of Church history among the Fathers, and on the whole Greek school of chroniclers. This volume contains the following works: I.-The Epistle to Aristides. II.-Narrative of Events Happening in Persia on the Birth of Christ III.-The Extant Fragments of the Five Books of the Chronography of Julius Africanus. On the Mythical Chronology of the Egyptians and Chaldeans. On the Deluge. Of Abraham. Of Abraham and Lot. Of the Patriarch Jacob. On the Seventy Weeks of Daniel. On the Fortunes of Hyrcanus and Antigonus, and on Herod, Augustus, Antony, and Cleopatra, in Abstract. On the Circumstances Connected with Our Saviour's Passion and His Life-Giving Resurrection. IV.-The Passion of St. Symphorosa and Her Seven Sons. READ FULL ARTICLE HERE
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