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Somnium Neronis
(142 words)

[German version]

A Latin text, appended in the 6th cent. to the so-called Gospel of Nicodemus (Acta Pilati, see New Testament Apocrypha), whose narrative sections can be traced by way of Rufinus [6] and Eusebius [7] to Iosephus [4] Flavius. It is about Jesus appearing in a dream to the emperor Nero and announcing to him Vespasian's revenge on the Jews (ch. 1), the omens of the destruction of Jerusalem (ch. 2), the destruction itself and the killing of the Jews (ch. 3). The remainder (ch. 4-12) consists of a cento of OT quotations prognosticating predict these events. The significance…

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Gruber, Joachim (Munich), “Somnium Neronis”, in: Brill’s New Pauly, Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and , Helmuth Schneider, English Edition by: Christine F. Salazar, Classical Tradition volumes edited by: Manfred Landfester, English Edition by: Francis G. Gentry. Consulted online on 19 March 2024 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1574-9347_bnp_e1116790>
First published online: 2006
First print edition: 9789004122598, 20110510



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