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What little we know of life of Sextus Julius Africanus can
be gleaned from scattered references to his surviving writings and from
Eusebius’ Church History.[1] He is remembered
primarily for his history of the world in five books (Chronology) and
two letters, one to Aristides and the other to Origen. The Chronology had a significant effect on later writers, many (e.g. Eusebius) based their
own histories on the framework it provided.
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Reference
[1] Eusebius, History, 6.31
(Nicene & Post Nicene Fathers, 2nd series, Vol. 1, 276-277).
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Eusebius, Church History 1.6.2;
6.31.1-3; 7.1-16. |
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Jerome, Lives of Illustrius Men 63. |
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Julius Africanus
(Christian Classic Ethereal Library) |
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Julius
Africanus, Chronicles, S.D.F Salmond, trans. Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol.
6. Edinburgh: T & T Clark, 1980. Hbk. ISBN: 0567093794. pp.130-138. |
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Julius
Africanus, Letter to Aristides, S.D.F Salmond, trans. Ante-Nicene
Fathers, Vol. 6. Edinburgh: T & T Clark, 1980. Hbk. ISBN: 0567093794.
pp.125-127. |
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Julius
Africanus, Letter to Origen, F. Crombie, trans. Ante-Nicene Fathers,
Vol. 4. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1980. Hbk. ISBN: 0802880908. p.385. |
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William Adler, "Sextus Julius Africanus and the Roman Near East in the Third Century," The Journal of Theological Studies 55.2 (2004): 520–550. |
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Edward Henry Blakeney [1869-1955], "Julius Africanus: A
Letter to Origen," Theology 29 (1934): 361-368. |
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B. Croke, "The Originality of Eusebius'
Chronicle," American Journal of Philology 103 (1982):
195-200. |
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F.L. Cross, The Early Christian
Fathers. Studies in Theology 1. London: Gerald Duckworth & Co. Ltd.,
1960. Hbk. pp.168-169. |
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Julius
Africanus (Adrian Fortescue) |
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Frank Granger [1864-1936], "Julius Africanus and the
Library of the Pantheon," Journal of Theological Studies, n.s. 34
(1933): 157-161.  pdf [This material is in the Public Domain] |
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Rubin Habas, "The Jewish Origin of
Julius Africanus," Journal of Jewish Studies 45.1 (1994):
86-91. |
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Francis
C.R. Thee, Julius Africanus and the Early Christian View of Magic.
Tübingen: Mohr, 1984. ISBN: 316144552X. pp.538. |
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