Crucifixion and Burial
This essay examines the contention that Joseph of Arimathaea buried Jesus—in light of what one can know from Greco-Roman culture about the disposal of the bodies of crucified individuals. A survey of the statutes governing the burial of criminals and governing the prosecution of those accused of sed...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
2011
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New Testament studies
Year: 2011, Volume: 57, Issue: 2, Pages: 193-213 |
| Further subjects: | B
maiestas and seditio
B burial of crucified individuals B Mark 15.43 B animals' consumption of crucified victims |
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| Summary: | This essay examines the contention that Joseph of Arimathaea buried Jesus—in light of what one can know from Greco-Roman culture about the disposal of the bodies of crucified individuals. A survey of the statutes governing the burial of criminals and governing the prosecution of those accused of seditious activity indicates that provincial officials had a choice when confronted with the need to dispose of the bodies of the condemned. Greco-Roman texts show that in certain cases the bodies of the crucified were left to decompose in place. In other cases, the crucified bodies were buried. |
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| ISSN: | 1469-8145 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: New Testament studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0028688510000214 |