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en-wikipedia-org-728		Mara bar Serapion - Wikipedia			.html	text/html	1504	191	72	Mara bar Serapion Wikipedia Mara bar Serapion (Classical Syriac: ܡܪܐ ܒܪ ܣܪܦܝܘܢ‎) was a Syriac Stoic philosopher in the Roman province of Syria. He is only known from a letter he wrote in Syriac to his son, who was named Serapion,[1][2] which allegedly refers to Jesus of Nazareth. Chilton and Evans also state that the use of the term "wise king" to refer to Jesus (rather than a religious designation) indicates that Mara's perception of the events had been formed by non-Christian sources.[13] They state that the term "king of the Jews" has never been seen in the Christian literature of antiquity as a title for Jesus.[13] Mara's philosophical stance[edit] The last paragraph of Mara's letter states: Ilaria Ramelli, who holds that Mara lived towards the end of the first century, states that his letter has strong stoic elements.[15] Evans "Pagan sources" in Jesus and Philosophy: New Essays edited by Paul K. Text of the letter of Mara at Wikisource	./cache/en-wikipedia-org-728.html	./txt/en-wikipedia-org-728.txt