Most listeners will be familiar with the crucifixion of Jesus. Was this type of execution rare, an especially sadistic and cruel punishment reserved for only the few? Or was crucifixion a common feature of life in the Roman Empire before and after Jesus' earthly life? This episode makes a cursory examination of the history of crucifixion and what this might mean for our understanding of the Atonement of Christ.
Show Notes:
1. Aron Wall. "Darkness at Noon"
2. Erika Belibtreu. "Grisly Assyrian Record of Torture and Death." Biblical Archaeology Society 17(1), 1991.
3. Herodotus. Histories.
4. Martin Hengel. "Crucifixion: in the Ancient World and the Folly of the Message of the Cross."
5. Gunnar Samuelsson. Crucifixion in Antiquity: An Inquiry into the Background and Significance of the New Testament Terminology of Crucifixion.
6. Josephus. Antiquities of the Jews.
