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Hidden and coherent chronology of Jesus’ life in the literary work of Maria Valtorta

Year: 2021

Type: article

Abstract: Maria Valtorta (1897-1961) was a mystical writer active in the years of World War II.Her literary work contains a detailed life of Jesus, without any explicit dates with respect to the Julian calendar.She sets Jesus' birth (Nativity) on Kislev 25, first day of the Hebrews' feast of Hannukah, and Jesus' age at his death, on a Friday, in 1737 weeks.She writes that the Passover of the year before his death fell on Saturday.All these chronological data are unusual in mystical writings concerning Jesus' life and raise the question about their SCIREA Journal of Sociology

Source: SCIREA Journal of Sociology

DOI: 10.54647/sociology84718

Authors: Liberato De Caro, Fernando La Greca, Emilio Matricciani

Institutions: National Research Council, Institute of Crystallography, University of Salerno, Politecnico di Milano

Language: English

Topic: Biblical Studies and Interpretation

Subfield: Religious studies

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: bronze

OpenAlex ID: W4200544651

FWCI: 8.137

Cites: 39

Cited by: 7

Related to: 10