Valerius Maximus, an important Roman historian, whose writing career seems to have mainly transpired during the reign of Tiberius and a bit beyond (in this case A.D. 14-37) was a contemporary of Jesus, and the original eyewitnesses of Jesus’ life. Like various other Greco-Roman writers he stresses the following about evaluating the character of important … Continue reading Avoiding Anachronism whilst Reading the Gospels