- Τιβέριος
- Τιβέριος, ου, ὁ Tiberius (the name is found Diod S 15, 51, 1: Τιβέριος, Ἰούλιος a Rom. military tribune IV B.C.), a Roman emperor (if dated from the death of Augustus, he ruled fr. Aug. 19, 14 A.D. to March 16, 37; mentioned in Philo and Joseph.; also Just., A I, 13, 3; cp. SibOr 5, 20–23; s. Schürer index); Lk 3:1 places the first appearance of John the Baptist as a prophet in the fifteenth year of Tiberius’ reign. On the chronological matters involved s. Meyer I 46f; III 205f; CCichorius, ZNW 22, 1923, 16ff; HDieckmann, Die effektive Mitregentschaft des T.: Klio 15, 1919, 339–75, Das fünfzehnte Jahr des T.: BZ 16, 1924, 54–65, Das fünfzehnte Jahr des Cäsar T.: Biblica 6, 1925, 63–67; s. s.v. Αὔγουστος. HDessau, Gesch. der röm. Kaiserzeit II 1, 1926; GBaker, Tib. Caesar 1929; ECiaceri, Tiberio ’34; CSmith, Tib. and the Rom. Empire ’42; WGolub, Tib. ’59; EKornemann, Tib. ’60; RSeager, Tib. ’72; Pauly-W. X 478–536; Kl. Pauly V 814–18; BHHW III 1983f.—On the chronology of the Life of Jesus gener.: OGerhardt, Grundzüge der Chronologie Jesu Christi ’34; RHennig, D. Geburts-u. Todesjahr Jesu Christi ’36; RJewett, A Chronology of Paul’s Life ’79; RBrown, The Birth of the Messiah ’77, 547–56, The Death of the Messiah ’94, 1350–78 (lit.); KDonfried, ABD I 1011–16 (lit. 1022).—M-M.
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