Jesus and the Cross - Biblical Archaeology Society
Jan 26, 2025 · The cross remains as you said, as a symbol of the degradation and suffering that Jesus submitted his body as a sacrifice for the sins of humanity. The cross with or without the …
How Was Jesus Crucified? - Biblical Archaeology Society
Apr 16, 2025 · Gospel accounts of Jesus’s execution do not specify how exactly Jesus was secured to the cross. Yet in Christian tradition, Jesus had his palms and feet pierced with …
Roman Crucifixion Methods Reveal the History of Crucifixion
Aug 17, 2024 · Nailing to a cross is “less severe” and “less humiliating” as the condemned dies within a day from loss of blood. Tying to a cross is the most severe form of punishment usually …
Where Is Golgotha, Where Jesus Was Crucified?
Jan 11, 2025 · The Cross is a hammenek (He-Mem-Vav-Nun-Kaf), it is “a necklace or ornament ” of faith to the believer, but a chain of bondage to the unbeliever. The word Azal indeed holds a …
The Staurogram - Biblical Archaeology Society
Sep 24, 2024 · But the cross had nothing to do with Jesus Christ. The New Catholic Encyclopedia explains: “The cross is found in both pre-Christian and non-Christian cultures.” Jesus did not …
A Tomb in Jerusalem Reveals the History of Crucifixion and Roman ...
Aug 6, 2024 · The second device added to the cross was the suppedaneum, or foot support. It was less painful than the sedile, but it also prolonged the victim’s agony. Ancient historians …
Ancient Crucifixion Images - Biblical Archaeology Society
Mar 15, 2025 · The cross is the ultimate symbol for the crucifixion of Christ. I give out pennies with the cross punched in them and tell people whether you are an atheist, Muslim, Moonie, etc. …
The Enduring Symbolism of Doves - Biblical Archaeology Society
Jul 16, 2024 · Before the cross gained prominence in the fourth century, the second-century church father Clement of Alexandria urged early Christians to use the dove or a fish as a …
The Binding or Sacrifice of Isaac - Biblical Archaeology Society
Sep 14, 2024 · In a Christian context, whether in art or in literature, the sacrifice of Isaac directly refers to the salvation offered by the vicarious sacrifice of Christ on the cross. In a Jewish …
Inside the Church of the Holy Sepulchre - Biblical Archaeology …
Feb 26, 2021 · The present-day church complex joins together numerous chapels, Stations of the Cross, and other features. On this plan, I have marked the church’s major features with …