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‘There went out a Decree from Caesar Augustus…’

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 February 2009

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[1] For recent discussion and bibliography we Braunert, H., ‘Der römische Provinzialzensus und der Schätzungsbericht des Lukas-Evangeliums’, Historia 6 (1957) 192214Google Scholar; Sherwin-White, A. N., Roman Society and Roman Law in the New Testament (Oxford, 1963) 162–71Google Scholar; Schürer, E., The History of the Jewish People in the Age of Jesus Christ, ed. Vermes, G. and Millar, F. (Edinburgh, 1973) vol. 1, 399427Google Scholar; Brown, R. E., The Birth of the Messiah (London, 1977) 547–56Google Scholar; Fitzmyer, J. A., The Gospel According to Luke, 1–9 (Anchor Bible vol. 28, New York, 1981) 399405.Google Scholar

[2] Dio Cassius LV 25.5 (A.D. 6), 13. 4 (A.D. 4); Aug., Res Gestae 8.3 (8 B.C.).

[3] See n.l. Braunert does mention the inheritance tax (p..205), but dismisses it as irrelevant to Luke.

[4] Marquadt, J., Römische Staatsverwaltung, ed. Dessau, H. and Domaszewski, A. von (Leipzig, 1881) vol. 2, 211–20Google Scholar and 266–9 = Manuel des antiquités romains vol. 10 (Paris, 1888) 266–77 and 335–9.Google Scholar