The Spectacle of the Patibulum: A Response to Ruben van Wingerden : In honorem Kathleen M. Coleman

Ruben van Wingerden's articles on carrying a patibulum and σταυρός are admirably precise. However, his analyses of two texts of Plautus and a fragment of Clodius Licinus are problematic. In contrast to van Wingerden's rather minimalistic conclusions regarding carrying a patibulum or σταυρό...

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Main Author: Cook, John Granger 1955- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press 2023
In: New Testament studies
Year: 2023, Volume: 69, Issue: 1, Pages: 76-94
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B stauros / Cross / Carrying / Crucifixion / Wingerden, Ruben van / Roman Empire
IxTheo Classification:HC New Testament
TB Antiquity
Further subjects:B carrying a cross
B spectacle
B σταυρός
B Patibulum
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Summary:Ruben van Wingerden's articles on carrying a patibulum and σταυρός are admirably precise. However, his analyses of two texts of Plautus and a fragment of Clodius Licinus are problematic. In contrast to van Wingerden's rather minimalistic conclusions regarding carrying a patibulum or σταυρός, it seems likely that carrying a patibulum was a general element in Roman practice in accounts in which patibula are mentioned in conjunction with crucifixions - even when there is no explicit reference to carrying the patibulum through the streets.
ISSN:1469-8145
Contains:Enthalten in: New Testament studies
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1017/S0028688522000297