Editing Timeline of Christianity (section)

==Background historical timeline==
{{main|Historical background of the New Testament}}
*6 AD [[Herod Archelaus]] deposed by [[Augustus]]; [[Samaria]], [[Judea]] and [[Idumea]] annexed as [[Iudaea Province]] under direct Roman administration,<ref>{{cite book |author=H. H. Ben-Sasson |title=A History of the Jewish People |publisher=Harvard University Press |year=1976|ISBN=0-674-39731-2 |page=246 |quote=When Archelaus was deposed from the ethnarchy in 6 CE, Judea proper, Samaria and Idumea were converted into a Roman province under the name Iudaea.}}</ref> capital at [[Caesarea Maritima|Caesarea]]. [[Quirinius]] became [[Legatus|Legate]] (Governor) of [[Roman Syria|Syria]], conducted [[Census of Quirinius]], opposed by [[Zealots]]<ref>Flavius Josephus: [http://earlyjewishwritings.com/text/josephus/ant18.html Antiquities of the Jews - Book XVIII] (JA18), earlyjewishwritings.com, accessed 2024-11-13</ref> ({{Bibleverse|Luke|2:1-3|9|Luke 2:1&ndash;3}}, {{Bibleverse||Acts|5:37|9}})
*7–26 Brief period of peace, relatively free of revolt and bloodshed in Judea and [[Galilee]]<ref>[[John P. Meier]]'s ''[[A Marginal Jew: Rethinking the Historical Jesus|A Marginal Jew]]'', v. 1, ch. 11; also H.H. Ben-Sasson, ''A History of the Jewish People'', Harvard University Press, 1976, {{ISBN|0-674-39731-2}}, page 251: "But after the first agitation (which occurred in the wake of the first Roman census) had faded out, we no longer hear of bloodshed in Judea until the days of Pilate."</ref>
*9 [[Pharisee]] leader [[Hillel the Elder]] dies, temporary rise of [[Shammai]]
*14–37 [[Tiberius]], [[Roman Emperor]]
*18–36 [[Caiaphas]], appointed [[List of High Priests of Israel|High Priest]] of [[Herod's Temple]] by Prefect Valerius Gratus, deposed by Syrian Legate [[Lucius Vitellius]]
*19 Jews, Jewish [[proselytes]], [[astrologers]], expelled from Rome<ref>Suetonius, [[Lives of the Twelve Caesars]], [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Suetonius/12Caesars/Tiberius*.html#36 Tiberius 36];
*[http://jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/12816-rome#anchor2 Jewish Encyclopedia: Rome: Expelled Under Tiberius]: "The Jewish deputation which petitioned for the deposition of the royal house of the [[Idumeans]] was joined by 8,000 Jewish residents of Rome. Several Romans adopted Jewish customs, and some, as the rhetor Cilicius of Kalakte, a friend of Dionysius of Halicarnassus, even embraced Judaism ([[Karl Wilhelm Ludwig Müller|Müller]], "Fragmenta Historicorum Græcorum", iii. 331). The reign of Tiberius (until the removal of his minister [[Sejanus]]) was fraught with misfortune for the Jews. When the [[cult of Isis]] was driven out of Rome (19 CE.) the Jews also were expelled, because a Roman lady who inclined toward Judaism had been deceived by Jewish swindlers. The synagogues were closed, the vessels burned, and 4,000 Jewish youths were sent upon military service to Sardinia. After the death of Sejanus (31) the emperor allowed the Jews to return.";
*[[Haim Hillel Ben-Sasson]] (and Abraham Malamat contributor) ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=2kSovzudhFUC&q=Explicit+evidence&pg=PA288 A History of the Jewish People]'', Harvard University Press, 1976, {{ISBN|978-0674397316}}, page 288 quote: "Explicit evidence of a systematic attempt to propagate the Jewish faith in the city of Rome is found as early as 139 BCE. With the increase of the Jewish population of Rome, the Jews intensified their efforts to make converts among the Romans. Although the activity of Jewish missionaries in Roman society caused Tiberius to expel them from that city in 19 CE, they soon returned, and Jewish religious propaganda was resumed and maintained even after the destruction of the Temple. Tacitus mentions it regretfully ([https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Tacitus/Histories/5A*.html ''Histories'' 5.5]), and Juvenal, in his Fourteenth Satire (11. 96ff.), describes how Roman families 'degenerated' into Judaism: the fathers permitted themselves to adopt some of its customs and the sons became Jews in every respect." ... <sup>[last sentence of next paragraph:]</sup> "In addition, the Bible provided the apostles of Judaism with a literature unparalleled in any other religion."</ref>
*26–36 [[Pontius Pilate]], [[Prefect]] (governor) of Iudaea, recalled to Rome by Syrian Legate Vitellius on complaints of excess violence<ref>Flavius Josephus: [http://earlyjewishwritings.com/text/josephus/ant18.html Antiquities of the Jews - Book XVIII] (JA18) section 4.2, earlyjewishwritings.com, accessed 2024-11-13</ref>
*28 or 29 [[John the Baptist]] begins his [[Religious ministry (Christian)|ministry]] in the "15th year of Tiberius" ({{Bibleverse|Luke|3:1-2|9|Luke 3:1&ndash;2}}), saying: "[[Repent]], for the [[Kingdom of God|kingdom of heaven]] is at hand!" ({{Bibleverse|Matt|3:1-2|9|Matthew 3:1&ndash;2}}), a relative of Jesus ({{Bibleverse|Luke|1:36|9}}), a [[Nazirite]] ({{Bibleverse||Luke|1:15|9}}), [[Baptism of Jesus|baptized Jesus]] ({{Bibleverse|Mark|1:4-11|9|Mark 1:4&ndash;11}}), later arrested and [[Decapitation|beheaded]] by [[Herod Antipas]] ({{Bibleverse|Luke|3:19-20|9|Luke 3:19&ndash;20}}), it is possible that, according to [[Josephus]]' chronology, John was not killed until 36<ref>Flavius Josephus: [http://earlyjewishwritings.com/text/josephus/ant18.html Antiquities of the Jews - Book XVIII] (JA18) section 5.2, earlyjewishwritings.com, accessed 2024-11-13</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.sermonsfromseattle.com/series_b_beheading_of_john_the_baptist_GA.htm | title = John the Baptist and Josephus| access-date = 2006-08-16 |author= G. J. Goldberg}}</ref>