The suggestion is that the parody was directed at Christians precisely because they worshipped a man who had died by crucifixion. The slowness to depict Jesus on a cross was not about a general ...

Death on a cross could be prolonged or swift. The crucifixion of Josephus' acquaintance who survived should not be projected to the crucifixion of Jesus. The major extrabiblical paradigm for ...

It was invented because, prior to this, there were no images of Jesus or anyone else on a cross. Although Christian Roman Emperor Constantine reportedly banned crucifixion in 337, historical texts ...