Delphi Inscription
{{Short description|Collection of letter fragments written by Claudius}}
The Delphi Inscription, or Gallio Inscription ([https://epigraphy.packhum.org/text/240470 Fouilles de Delphes III 4:286]; SIG, [https://archive.org/stream/syllogeinscripti02dittuoft#page/492/mode/2up II, 801d]),[http://users.wfu.edu/horton/r102/gallio.html#_ftn3 The Gallio Inscription] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131219213833/http://users.wfu.edu/horton/r102/gallio.html#_ftn3 |date=2013-12-19 }} at http://users.wfu.edu is the name given to the collection of nine fragments of a letter written by the Roman emperor Claudius in 52 CE which was discovered early in the 20th century at the Temple of Apollo in Delphi, Greece.Paul: his letters and his theology by Stanley B. Marrow 1986 {{ISBN|0-8091-2744-X}} page 47 [https://archive.org/details/paulhislettershi00marr/page/47]Christianity and the Roman Empire: background texts by Ralph Martin Novak 2001 {{ISBN|1-56338-347-0}} pages 20-22
Text
The reconstructed inscription begins thus:
:Tiber[ius Claudius Cae]sar Augustus Ge[rmanicus, invested with tribunician po]wer [for the 12th time, acclaimed Imperator for t]he 26th time, F[ather of the Fa]ther[land...]. For a l[ong time have I been not onl]y [well-disposed towards t]he ci[ty] of Delph[i, but also solicitous for its pro]sperity, and I have always guard[ed th]e cul[t of t]he [Pythian] Apol[lo. But] now [since] it is said to be desti[tu]te of [citi]zens, as [L. Jun]ius Gallio, my fri[end] an[d procon]sul, [recently reported to me, and being desirous that Delphi] should retain [inta]ct its for[mer rank, I] ord[er you (pl.) to in]vite well-born people also from [ot]her cities [to Delphi as new inhabitants....]Jerome Murphy-O'Connor, St. Paul's Corinth: Text and Archaeology (Liturgical Press, 2002) {{ISBN|9780814653036}} p.141-142.
The reference to proconsul Gallio in the inscription provides an important marker for developing a chronology of the life of Apostle Paul, since he presides over the trial of Paul in Achaea mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles (Acts 18:12-17).A. Köstenberger, The Cradle, the Cross, and the Crown: An Introduction to the New Testament, 2009 {{ISBN|978-0-8054-4365-3}} page 400The Cambridge Companion to St Paul by James D. G. Dunn (Nov 10, 2003) Cambridge Univ Press {{ISBN|0521786940}} page 20
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References
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Bibliography
- {{cite book |last1=Plassatt |first1=Andre |title=Fouilles de Delphes, III. Épigraphie: Fasc. 4, Inscriptions de la terrasse du temple et la région nord du sanctuaire, vol. 3 |date=1970 |location=Paris |pages=26–32, no. 286 |url=https://epigraphy.packhum.org/text/240470}}
- {{cite book
| title = Christianity and the Roman Empire: Background Texts
| author = Novak, Ralph Martin
| publisher = Continuum International Publishing Group | year = 2001
| isbn = 978-1-56338-347-2
| pages = 20–22
| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=LuhZyh1_j6oC
}}
- {{cite book
| title = St. Paul's Corinth: Text and Archaeology
| author = Murphy-O'Connor, Jerome
| publisher = Liturgical Press | year = 2002
| isbn = 978-0-8146-5303-6
| pages = 161–169
| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=j8QPUES_C34C
}}
- {{cite book
| title = The Cradle, the Cross, and the Crown: An Introduction to the New Testament
| author = Köstenberger
| author2 =Andreas J.
| author3 = L. Scott Kellum
| author4 = Charles Quarles
| name-list-style = amp
| publisher = B&H Publishing Group | year = 2009
| isbn = 978-0-8054-4365-3
| page = 400
| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=g-MG9sFLAz0C
}}
External links
- {{cite web |title=Entry on the Delphi inscription|url=https://edh.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD043294 |website=Epigraphische Datenbank Heidelberg |access-date=17 October 2023}}
- {{cite web|url= http://kchanson.com/ANCDOCS/greek/gallio.html|title= The Gallio Inscription (a.k.a. Delphi Inscription). Greek text and English translation|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110518174141/http://kchanson.com/ANCDOCS/greek/gallio.html|archive-date= 2011-05-18}}
- [http://www.blueletterbible.org/study/paul/timeline.cfm Timeline of the Apostle Paul]
Category:1st-century inscriptions
Category:20th-century archaeological discoveries
Category:Greece under Roman rule