with the Neronian persecution.36 Unfortunately, as we will see in chapter 9, these references could very well be to any other persecution. Alternatively, they might be to persecution in general rather than to a specific event. This study thus aims to bring much the same skepticism that Robinson quite appropriately brought to Domitianic explanations and apply it to Neronian ones as well. Indeed, it will conclude that only one New Testament book—namely, Revelation—betrays likely knowledge of the Neronian