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Laurence Suslyga (''Polish'': '''Wawrzyniec Suslyga''') was a [[Poland|Polish]] [[historian]] and [[chronologist]]. He was the first historian to claim that Jesus Christ was in fact born around 4 BC, not in AD 1, as the Christian era would imply. Suslyga was thus questioning the [[anno domini]] chronology introduced by [[Dionysius Exiguus]] in AD 525 <ref>Marking Time, by Duncan Steel</ref><ref>Kepler's View of the Star of Betlehem by A.J. Sachs</ref>. Suslyga published this theory in a 1605 tract called ''Theoremata de anno ortus et mortis Domini, deque universa Jesu Christi in carne oeconomia'' at the [[University of Graz]] <ref>Oesterreichische Nationalbibliothek, Vienna</ref>. This tract was in turn used by [[Johannes Kepler|Kepler]] to bolster Kepler's theory that the [[Star of Betlehem]] was in fact a great conjunction of the three planets: [[Jupiter]], [[Saturn]] and [[Mars]]. According to Kepler's calculations, this conjunction occurred around 4 BC, which fits in with Suslyga's reckoning <ref>Kepler and the Star of Bethlehem by W. Burke-Gaffney</ref>. |
Laurence Suslyga (''Polish'': '''Wawrzyniec Suslyga''') was a 17th century [[Poland|Polish]] [[historian]] and [[chronologist]]. He was the first historian to claim that Jesus Christ was in fact born around 4 BC, not in AD 1, as the Christian era would imply. Suslyga was thus questioning the [[anno domini]] chronology introduced by [[Dionysius Exiguus]] in AD 525 <ref>Marking Time, by Duncan Steel</ref><ref>Kepler's View of the Star of Betlehem by A.J. Sachs</ref>. Suslyga published this theory in a 1605 tract called ''Theoremata de anno ortus et mortis Domini, deque universa Jesu Christi in carne oeconomia'' at the [[University of Graz]] <ref>Oesterreichische Nationalbibliothek, Vienna</ref>. This tract was in turn used by [[Johannes Kepler|Kepler]] to bolster Kepler's theory that the [[Star of Betlehem]] was in fact a great conjunction of the three planets: [[Jupiter]], [[Saturn]] and [[Mars]]. According to Kepler's calculations, this conjunction occurred around 4 BC, which fits in with Suslyga's reckoning <ref>Kepler and the Star of Bethlehem by W. Burke-Gaffney</ref>. |
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| Known for | the first to suggest that Christ was actually born in 4 BC, not AD 1 |
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| Fields | history, chronology |
| Institutions | University of Graz, Austria |
Laurence Suslyga (Polish: Wawrzyniec Suslyga) was a 17th century Polish historian and chronologist. He was the first historian to claim that Jesus Christ was in fact born around 4 BC, not in AD 1, as the Christian era would imply. Suslyga was thus questioning the anno domini chronology introduced by Dionysius Exiguus in AD 525 [1][2]. Suslyga published this theory in a 1605 tract called Theoremata de anno ortus et mortis Domini, deque universa Jesu Christi in carne oeconomia at the University of Graz [3]. This tract was in turn used by Kepler to bolster Kepler's theory that the Star of Betlehem was in fact a great conjunction of the three planets: Jupiter, Saturn and Mars. According to Kepler's calculations, this conjunction occurred around 4 BC, which fits in with Suslyga's reckoning [4].