Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to AskHistorians@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoIn the story of Jesus' death and resurrection, he is buried in a tomb that has a stone door, which is "rolled away" after the third day. Would this have been the normal interment of a crucified corpsemessage-squaremessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up127arrow-down14
arrow-up123arrow-down1message-squareIn the story of Jesus' death and resurrection, he is buried in a tomb that has a stone door, which is "rolled away" after the third day. Would this have been the normal interment of a crucified corpseDon_Dickle@lemmy.world to AskHistorians@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square9fedilink
minus-squarexia@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-21 month agoIIRC, it was not usual, but they didn’t want hanging corpse decorations for the holiday/festival… and they were worried one might steal the body and claim resurrection.
IIRC, it was not usual, but they didn’t want hanging corpse decorations for the holiday/festival… and they were worried one might steal the body and claim resurrection.