ABSTRACT

For many years I am seeking if exists a connection that shows in a clear way an intimate bond between Jesus and the Judaism of his times.

I have studied the Jewish calendar and I have presented a thesis of degree from the title

“The chronology of the Gospels according to the Jewish calendar”

With the aid of any notions of temporal metrology, I have been able to compile the agreement between the Jewish calendar and Julian one from the year 4 b. C. to the year 33 AD. The results that I reached after this search, they are, I daresay, amazing.

Now the well-known Printing House of Triest “Edizioni Italo Svevo” has published my work, that now is only in Italian language.

Subdivision of the work

Introduction

In the preliminary part I explain, above all, the reason of such research. In second place I discuss about the possibility to formulate a chronology, by means of the study of the lunar and solar calendars.

First chapter. A short analysis of any important studies about subject matter

In this first part I illustrate the motive for which since the first centuries of the Christian era the Church has felt the need to formulate a calendar, above all with the purpose of the liturgical use.

Second chapter. Study of the chronology of Jesus Christ’s life

This section is substantially about the possibility of formulate a chronology of the life of Jesus.

I clarify the motive because I retain that it is possible deduce any dates from the Gospels with certainty.

Third chapter. the Jewish calendar

In this section I explain as well which are the peculiarities of the Jewish calendar and which are the principal Jewish festivals and any special recurrences.

Fourth chapter. Chronological problem in the Gospel according to John and his finalities

Beyond to the exact description of any places of which any trace has not been after the destruction of the Temple, in the Gospel according to John there is the implicit and explicit mention of festivals and particular recurrences.

The purpose of John is double: he manifests the novelty of the message of Jesus, and he points out again as each his action and teaching are deeply inserted in the Jewish environment.

Fifth chapter. were John and James the Sadducees?

In this part of the work I have analysed any remarkable points of the New Testament, for reconstruct the personality of the two brothers John and James.

Sixth chapter. Chronology in the Gospel according to John

In this section I shall proceed to a systematic analysis of the chronological elements that are present in the Gospel according to John, starting from those more evident until to those that are quite express in implicit way.

Any events however are connected to the Gospel according to Luke.

Seventh chapter. Chronology in the Gospel according to Luke

Also in the Gospel according to Luke there are notable chronological elements that I could have taken away again from an attentive analysis of the text.

In the final part of this chapter I complete the picture of the dates of the Gospel according to John, not yet found.

Eighth chapter. the Passover according to the Synoptic Gospels

In this chapter are considered the differences of narration existing between the last Passover of John and the Passover according to the Synoptic Gospels.

Ninth chapter. Chronology in the Gospel according to Matthew

It is known that the "Gospel of the infancy" of Matthew has been always considered like the necessary basis for determining the year of birth of Jesus.

I take away again like between Luke and Matthew there are some incongrounesses, because they pursued different finality.

Tenth chapter. Methodical chronology of Jesus Christ’s life

In this part of the work I reassume all the dates that are drawn with my study, in consecutive order. With this work I have obtained about 98 dates, without any contradiction. Of these dates, 85 are referring to many events related in the Gospels from the Nativity of John the Baptist and Jesus Christ to the death and resurrection of the same Jesus.

Eleventh chapter. Conclusion

Here I formulate the conclusion of all the work and of the gotten results, from which coherent chronology results of around one hundred events narrated from the Gospels. Everybody knows that Jesus Christ is the founder of the Christianity, but I observe like he could be considered a true Jewish without any contradiction.

Appendixes

This part of the study is about the exposure of different matters:

1) Explanation of the scientific methodology of the job and of the method rigorously mathematical, that finds his application in the calculus of the calendars.

2) Notions of metrology and chronology. In this section I formulate any scientific principles, those are the presupposition for the calculus and the comprehension of each calendar. Besides I apply these rules to the Jewish calendar and to the way of calculate it.

3) Explanation and solution of the problem of the Christmas and of the Epiphany.

4) Verification of the full agreement of the enclosed calendars to the study with the "Easter Tables" of Dionysius Exiguus (Denis the Little). With regard to this matter I point out that the calculuses of this study are been made independently from those of Dionysius, but there is the convergence with these made by the Monk.

Tables out text

in the beginning I have calculated the calendars from the year -3 up to the year 33, divided for semester, together to other tables.

Everything was composed from around 100 pages.

For motives of space I have attached to the thesis only the tables that refer directly to the taken care of chronology.

NOW ONLY IN ITALIAN LANGUAGE