Early Graeco-Roman Writings Learning Intention: Students reach historical conclusions about Jesus from sources outside the New Testament. Success Criteria: I can summarise what early Graeco-Roman writings say about Jesus and other historical events related to the New Testament. Many people think that the only information we have about Jesus comes from the Bible. This is actually not true. There are a number of writers who mention Jesus and they are definitely NOT followers of him. Often they get some of the details about Jesus wrong – but that’s because they’re not particularly interested in him. What they tell us is very interesting. What the Greeks and the Romans thought… Watch the film clip, 'Early Greaco-Roman Writers’(Links to an external site) and summarise below what we can learn from them. Celsus Celsus was a Greek thinker who wrote in about 200 AD. He was not a 'fan' of Jesus, but from his writings we discover…_answer_ Tacitus Tacitus (AD114), probably the greatest Roman historian of all time, tells us ... _answer_ Pliny Pliny (AD110), another Roman, writing in his letter to Emperor Trajan, tells us ... _answer_ In summary… So when we sum up all the information from these writers, we discover that Jesus was .... H_answer_ T_answer_ F_answer_ S_answer_ W_answer_ E_answer_
