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Church History 1.7.12

Eusebius of Caesarea · Church History · ca. 300–325 · Caesarea · Read in context

Summary: Africanus (quoted): Antipater rose to govern Palestine; his son Herod was made king of the Jews by the Roman senate.

Greek text · Dindorf 4:27

πρεσβεύσας δὲ πρὸς “Πομπήιον ὑπὲρ τοῦ Ὑρκανοῦ, καὶ τὴν βασιλείαν “ἐλευθερώσας αὐτῷ ὑπὸ Ἀριστοβούλου τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ “περικοπτομένην, αὐτὸς ηὐτύχησεν ἐπιμελητὴς τῆς “Παλαιστίνης χρηματίσας· διαδέχεται δὲ τὸν Ἀντί- “πατρον φθόνῳ τῆς πολλῆς εὐτυχίας δολοφονηθέντα “υἱὸς Ἡρώδης, ὃς ὕστερον ὑπʼ Ἀντωνίου καὶ τοῦ “Αὐγούστου συγκλήτου δόγματι τῶν Ἰουδαίων ἐκρίθη “βασιλεύειν· οὗ παῖδες Ἡρώδης οἵ τʼ ἄλλοι τετράρ- “χαι. ταῦτα μὲν δὴ κοινὰ καὶ ταῖς Ἑλλήνων ἱστο- “ρίαις.

English · Claude translation

Sent as envoy to Pompey on behalf of Hyrcanus, and having freed for him the kingdom that was being cut away by Aristobulus his brother, he had the good fortune to be named overseer of Palestine. Antipater, treacherously murdered out of envy for his great good fortune, was succeeded by his son Herod, who afterwards, under Antony and Augustus, was appointed by decree of the senate to reign over the Jews; his sons were Herod and the other tetrarchs. These things agree with the Greek histories as well.

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Dindorf 4:27 · Wilhelm Dindorf, ed., Eusebii Caesariensis Opera, vol. 4: Historiae ecclesiasticae libri I–X (Leipzig: Teubner, 1871) · Greek text: W. Dindorf, Eusebii Caesariensis Opera 4 (Leipzig: Teubner, 1871), digitized by the First Thousand Years of Greek project (Open Greek and Latin), CC BY-SA 4.0
Text
As printed in Dindorf, Eusebii Opera 4. Manuscript variants and the editor's apparatus are not reproduced; no textual problem is noted in this passage.
Translation
Claude translation (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 · Translated by Claude from the Greek text of Dindorf, Eusebii Caesariensis Opera 4 (Teubner, 1871); made independently of existing English translations.
Compare
Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 1 (1890) (an older public-domain English translation, whole volume at CCEL; checked against ours only after ours was made)
Extrabiblical texts
  • Julius Africanus, Letter to Aristides (Julius Africanus (fragments)) · quotation, high confidence

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  • Quotation from Julius Africanus, Letter to Aristides.

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Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 1.7.12 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/1/7/12/).

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Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 1.7.12 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/1/7/12/).

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