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The Letter of Lentulus (/ ˈlɛntjələs /) is an epistle of mysterious origin that was first widely published in Italy in the fifteenth century. It purports to be written by a Roman official, contemporary of Jesus, and gives a physical and personal description of Jesus.
The Letter of Lentulus Describing Christ By Cora E. Lutz persistent tradition of an authentic portrait of Christ made during his lifetime was given new vitality in the fifteenth cen-tury by the discovery and circulation of a letter purporting to have been written to the Roman Senate during the reign of Tiberius
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An English translation of the purported letter as given by Dr. Cora E. Lutz, who used the 15th century manuscript found in the Beinecke Rare Book Library known as "Marston 49", is as follows:[note 3] The Latin text of the Letter of Lentulus that was printed in 1886 by Dr. Gotthold Gundermann, using "Codex Harleianus 2729"as his source, is as follow...
The Letter of Lentulus has been judged to be apocryphal for a number of reasons. Modern scholars raise three main points where the letter seems to violate historicity:[note 4] 1. there was no Publius Lentulus, governor of Judea, preceding Pontius Pilate; history gives the appointment from A.D. 15-26 to Valerius Gratus. 2. if there had been a procur...
Roman Prosopography
There were several officials with the name of “Lentulus”, around the time that the “Letter of Lentulus” was supposedly authored. Sir Ronald Syme, widely regarded as the 20th century's greatest historian of ancient Rome, has identified four consular Lentuli during the reign of Tiberius Caesar: 1. Servius Cornelius Lentulus Cethegus, Consul in 24 AD. 2. Publius Cornelius Lentulus Scipio, Consul suffectusin 24 AD, and later a senator. 3. Cossus Cornelius Lentulus (the younger), Consul in 25 AD,...
Fifteenth Century Discovery and Dispersal in the West
According to a manuscript of the University of Jena, a certain Giacomo (Jacopo) Colonna found the letter in 1421 inserted into a very old volume of the Annals of Rome, having been originally sent to Rome from the Patriarch of Constantinople, according to the following colophon in the text: 1. (Latin) Thus it must have been of Greek origin, and translated into Latin during the thirteenth or fourteenth century, though it received its present form in the 15th or 16th century. Just about the time...
Antecedents in Greek Sources
No Greek original for the letter is known to exist, but there are at least three passages in Greek writings earlier than the 15th century Lentulus manuscripts, which give similar descriptions concerning the appearance of our Lord Jesus Christ. Closest in time to the Lentulus letter is the description found in the 14th century Ecclesiastical History of Nicephorus Callistus, in a section entitled: "On the divine and human features of our Saviour, Jesus Christ." With the prefatory "As we have le...
Cora Lutz. "The Letter of Lentulus Describing Christ." The Yale University Gazette.Vol. 50, Issue 2, 1975. pp. 91-97.Ronald Syme. The Augustan Aristocracy.2nd Ed. Oxford University Press, 1989. 504pp. ISBN 9780198147312R.H. Bowers. "The Letter of Lentulus in Middle English." Notes and Queries.1958: Vol.203, Iss.10, pp.423-424.Anthony Maas. "Publius Lentulus." The Catholic Encyclopedia.Vol. 9. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1910. (Retrieved December 12, 2011 from New Advent)Michal Hunt. WHAT DID JESUS LOOK LIKE?Agape Bible Study. 1999. Retrieved 2011-12-15.The Letter of Lentulus (/ ˈ l ɛ n t j ə l ə s /) is an epistle of mysterious origin that was first widely published in Italy in the fifteenth century. It purports to be written by a Roman official, contemporary of Jesus , and gives a physical and personal description of Jesus.
The letter gives a detailed description of the physical appearance and general bearing of Christ, as well as the impression he made upon those who came into his presence. Two additional versions of the letter, both in Italian translation, are found in other, roughly contemporary, Yale manuscripts.
LENTULUS, EPISTLE OF (lĕn’ chə ləs). A short document of uncertain date but hardly earlier than the 13th cent. and prob. written in Italy, containing a description of Jesus: “A man in stature middling tall, and comely, having a reverend countenance, which they that look upon may love and fear.”.
Nov 21, 2021 · It is read in the annal-books of the Romans that our Lord Jesus Christ, who was called by the Gentiles the prophet of truth, was of stature . . . Others, however, make a letter of it, with a prefatory note to this effect: A certain Lentulus, a Roman, being an official for the Romans in the province of Judaea in the time of Tiberius Caesar, upon ...
