TITLE:
Chronology of Jesus’ and John the Baptist’ Births, and Jesus’ Epiphany and Death in Maria Valtorta’s Writings
AUTHORS:
Liberato De Caro, Fernando La Greca, Emilio Matricciani
KEYWORDS:
Jesus of Nazareth, Nativity Day, Hanukkah, Epiphany, Jesus’ Baptism, John the Baptist, Herod the Great, Last Supper, Crucifixion, Maria Valtorta
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Social Sciences,
Vol.11 No.1,
January
20,
2023
ABSTRACT: The literary work of the mystical writer Maria Valtorta (1897-1961) contains a detailed
life of Jesus, without any explicit dates with respect to the Julian calendar.
She sets Jesus’ birth (Nativity) on the first day of the Hebrews’ feast of
Hannukah, and his age, when he was crucified, in 1737 weeks. She writes that
the Passover of the year before his death fell on Saturday. All these unusual
chronological data concerning Jesus’ life raise the question about their coherence
and self-consistency.
Astronomical and calendar analysis allows setting: 1)
Jesus’ crucifixion on 23 April 34; 2) the Nativity, Epiphany and
Jesus’ Baptism on January 6; 3) John the Baptist’s birthday on June 24. All these
results arise the question about the origin of this hidden chronology which,
unexpectedly for a mystic of Western Christian tradition, confirms the Eastern
tradition about the most important dates of Jesus’ life.