The first-century origin of the ossuary is not in question, since the only time Jews buried in that fashion was from approximately 20 BCE to the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 CE.

The Mishnah ( tractate Makkoth 1: 10 ) outlines the views of several prominent first-century CE Rabbis on the subject:

The first mention is in the work Zhou Li of the late Zhou dynasty, and the six types are listed in the Hanshu of the first century CE, and in Zheng Zhong ( 鄭眾 ) quoted by Zheng Xuan ( 鄭玄 ) in his first-century commentary of Zhou Li, although the details vary.

This Psalm survived in the Syriac Peshitta and also was found in Hebrew, in the Dead Sea scroll 11QPs ( a ) 154 ( said also 11Q5 ), a first-century CE manuscript.

This psalm extant in Syriac and also was found in the Dead Sea scroll 11QPs ( a ) 155 ( said also 11Q5 ), a first-century CE Hebrew manuscript.

* The Argonautica by Gaius Valerius Flaccus, a first-century AD Latin epic poem.

The wild Gallaic Celts make their entry in written history in the first-century epic < span lang =" la "> Punica </ span > of < span lang =" la "> Silius Italicus </ span > on the First Punic War:

However, the intended effect is more clear if one considers it within the context of the epic poem De Rerum Natura ( On the Nature of Things ) by first-century B. C.

The first-century poet Marcus Manilius in his epic, 8000-verse poem, Astronomica, described the Sun, or Sol, as benign and favorable.

A fermented fish sauce called garum was a staple of Greco-Roman cuisine and of the Mediterranean economy of the Roman Empire, as the first-century encyclopaedist Pliny the Elder writes in Historia Naturalis and the fourth / fifth-century connoisseur Apicius relates in his collection of recipes.

His talents as an orator and rhetorician were greatly admired by his contemporaries, a number of whom were later regarded as forming a school called after him Frontoniani ; his object in his teaching was to inculcate the exact use of the Latin language in place of the artificialities of such first-century authors as Seneca, and encourage the use of " unlooked-for and unexpected words ", to be found by diligent reading of pre-Ciceronian authors.

Timothy ( Greek: ; Timótheos, meaning " honouring God " or " honored by God ") was a first-century Christian bishop who died around the year 97 AD.

Along with Simon Peter and James the Just he was one of the most prominent early Christian leaders .< ref >" The Canon Debate ," McDonald & Sanders editors, 2002, chapter 32, page 577, by James D. G. Dunn: " James, the brother of Jesus, and Paul, the two other most prominent leading figures Peter < nowiki ></ nowiki > in first-century Christianity "</ ref > Fourteen epistles in the New Testament are traditionally attributed to Paul, although his authorship of seven of the fourteen is questioned by modern scholars.

Flavius Josephus, the first-century Jewish historian, writes that " he sacrificed his daughter as a burnt offering: offering such an oblation as was neither conformable to the law, nor acceptable to God ; not weighing with himself what opinion the hearers would have of such a practice.

They use cross-cultural anthropological studies to set the general background, narrow in on the history and society of first-century Palestine, and use textual analysis ( along with more anthropology and history ) to focus on Jesus himself.

Wells allows for the possibility that certain elements of the Gospel traditions might be based on a historical figure from the first-century Palestine: " he Galilean and the Cynic elements ... may contain a core of reminiscences of an itinerant Cynic-type Galilean preacher ( who, however, is certainly not to be identified with the Jesus of the earliest Christian documents ).

The earliest recorded mention of using resin with wine amphorae is by the first-century Roman writer Columella, who detailed in his work De Re Rustica ( 12, 20, 3 and 12, 22, 2 ) the different type of resin that could be used to seal a container or be mixed into the wine.

Another popular ancient version from the Syriac tradition replaced Helena with a fictitious first-century empress named Protonike.

According to Dr. Andre Lemaire, the Parisian epigrapher initially invited by antiquities dealer, Oded Golan, to view the ossuary in Golan's apartment, the cursive Aramaic script is consistent with first-century lettering.

Since the Protestant Reformation ( c. 1517 ), studies of Paul's writings have been heavily influenced by Lutheran and Reformed views that are said to ascribe the negative attributes that they associated with sixteenth-century Roman Catholicism to first-century Judaism.

For a first-century Jew, however, the Temple had an enormous significance ; as a result, when Paul uses such an image within twenty-five years of the Crucifixion ( with the actual temple still standing ), it is a striking index of the immense change that has taken place in his thought.

It was unusual for a woman in first-century Judaism to be accepted by a teacher as a disciple.

The first-century historian Flavius Josephus was so impressed by the area that he wrote, " One may call this place the ambition of Nature.

In Christianity, some interpretations of Biblical teachings conclude that although tithing was practiced extensively in the Old Testament, it was never practiced or taught within the first-century Church.

The goal was to let the reader hear the message as a first-century listener might have.

Muir's father read Josephus's War of the Jews to understand the culture of first-century Palestine, as it was written by an eyewitness, and illuminated the culture during the period of the New Testament.

: The Hebrew name for ' Jesus ,' derived from ' Joshua ,' was common in first-century Palestinian Judaism, so ' Jesus of Nazareth ' specified which Jesus, and Acts references the early Palestinian Christians as followers ' of the Nazarene ' and ' the sect of the Nazarenes.

With the rediscovery of the text in first-century Rome ( the play was adapted by the tragedians Ennius, Lucius Accius, Ovid, Seneca the Younger and Hosidius Geta, among others ), again in 16th-century Europe, and in the light of 20th century modern literary criticism, Medea has provoked differing reactions from differing critics and writers who have sought to interpret the reactions of their societies in the light of past generic assumptions ; bringing a fresh interpretation to its universal themes of revenge and justice in an unjust society.

AA sprang from The Oxford Group, a non-denominational movement modeled after first-century Christianity.

Building on the example of Jesus and Paul, first-century Christians placed less value on the family, and rather saw celibacy and freedom from family ties as a preferable state.

In the four gospels in the New Testament, Jesus cures physical ailments well outside the capacity of first-century medicine.

Recent Christian Scripture scholarship more and more has placed John within a first-century Jewish context.

The first-century Jewish historian Josephus gives a slightly different account in his Antiquities of the Jews.

Luke is also mentioned by the Apostle Paul in some of the letters Paul wrote to first-century churches.

In addition to craft often seen on the river, the 2008 festival featured a reconstruction of a first-century currach, consisting of a wicker framework covered in cow hide, and capable of carrying ten people.

" However, Wells insists that this line of first-century traditions is separate from the sacrificial Christ myth of Paul's epistles and other early documents, and that these two traditions have different origins.

Based on the existing historical texts and the archaeological iconographic materials discovered since the 1980's, particularly the first-century Buddhist manuscripts recently found in Afghanistan, the commentator believes that the most plausible theory is that Buddhism started from the Greater Yuezhi of northwest India ( present-day Afghanistan and Pakistan ) and took the land roads to reach Han China.

Asaga wrote Vardhaman Charitra ( Life of Vardhman Mahavir ), an epic which runs in 18 cantos, in 853 CE, the first Sanskrit language biography of 24th and last Thirthankara of Jainism, Mahavira, though his Kannada language version of Kalidasa's epic poem, Kumārasambhava, Karnataka Kumarasambhava Kavya is lost.

Hence, while the relatively recent discovery of the Jarchas challenges pride of chronological place that belonged for so long to the Poema del Cid ( El Cantar de mío Cid ) ( 1140 CE ) in the history of Spanish literature, they cannot be seen as a precursor to Spain's great epic poem.

In Irish mythology, the Donn Cuailnge (" Brown Bull of Cooley ") plays a central role in the epic Táin Bó Cuailnge (" The Cattle-Raid of Cooley ") which features the hero Cú Chulainn, which were collected in the 7th century CE Lebor na hUidre (" Book of the Dun Cow ").

" Egils saga " is an epic Icelandic saga possibly by Snorri Sturluson ( 1179-1241 CE ), who may have written it between the years 1220 and 1240 CE.

Kannagi or ( Kannaki ), a legendary Tamil woman, is the central character of the South Indian epic Silapathikaram ( 100-300 CE ).

Basava Purana, a 13th-century Telugu biographical epic poem, written by Palkuriki Somanatha, and its detailed Kannada version, written by Bhima Kavi in 1369 CE are scared texts in Lingayatism.

In some Tibetan versions of the epic, a king named Phrom Ge-sar or Khrom Ge-sar figures as one of the kings of the four directions – the name is attested in the 10th century CE and this Phrom / Khrom preserves an Iranian form (* frōm-hrōm ) for Rūm / Rome.

Hermanns believed the epic to pre-date Buddhism in Tibet, and saw in it an expression of the ancient Tibetan archetype of the " heaven-sent king ", as found also in the myths of the founders of the Yarlung Dynasty, who founded the Tibetan Empire ( 7th-9th centuries CE ).

Reddis are stated to be of the Solar Race ; and the genealogies of this tribe accordingly trace to them up to Kusha, the second son of Rama, the Hero of the Great Solar epic of the Hindus. Anavota Reddy ( 1335-1364 CE ) of Reddy dynasty extended the dominion of the kingdom to Rajahmundry on the north, Kanchi on the south and Srisailam on the west.

103 ), was a Roman consul, orator, and Latin epic poet of the 1st century CE, ( Silver Age of Latin literature ).

The author of the Rajatarangini history chronicles the rulers of the valley from earliest times, from the epic period of the Mahābhārata to the reign of Sangrama Deva ( c. 1006 CE ), before the Muslim era.

The description tallies with those in the Bṛhat Saṃhitā, a 6th century CE encyclopedia and the major epic Mahabharata, which makes particular reference to the wealth of the Kambojas.

A 2nd c. CE title-tag for bearing the three titles of Choerilus ' epic on the Persian War: Barbarica, Medica and Persica ( P. Oxy.