crucifixion: References & Edit History

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Modified link of Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Medical theories on the cause of death in crucifixion. Oct 22, 2024
Add new Web site: Biblical Archaeology Society - Roman Crucifixion Methods Reveal the History of Crucifixion. Jul 31, 2024
Corrected display issue. Feb 15, 2024
Add new Web site: Learn Religions - Definition of Crucifixion, an Ancient Method of Execution. Nov 15, 2023
Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Medical theories on the cause of death in crucifixion. Sep 07, 2023
Add new Web site: Academia - The Crucifixion. May 20, 2023
Add new Web site: McClintock and Strong Biblical Cyclopedia - Crucifixion. Mar 03, 2023
Add new Web site: Live Science - Jesus wasn't the only man to be crucified. Here's the history behind this brutal practice. Jan 06, 2023
Add new Web site: World History Encyclopedia - Crucifixion. Nov 18, 2022
Media added. Oct 12, 2018
Added cross-references. Oct 12, 2018
Revised to mention that crucifixion caused death by constraining blood circulation and triggering asphyxiation. Also mentioned that shattering the legs hastened death by exacerbating asphyxiation. Dec 03, 2015
Article revised to mention that Jesus hung for six hours on the cross before death. Mar 10, 2015
Changed the date that Constantine the Great abolished crucifixion from "337 CE" to "the early fourth century CE." Sep 16, 2014
Add new Web site: JewishEncyclopedia.com - Crucifixion. Jan 29, 2014
Added image of the 14th-century wood panel The Crucifixion, by the Master of the Codex of Saint George. Oct 06, 2010
Added image of a book cover with a silver-gilt setting of an ivory crucifixion, before 1085 CE. Jul 12, 2010
Added new Web site: All About Jesus Christ - History of Crucifixion. Oct 24, 2007
Added new Web site: American Bible Society - Crucifixion. Oct 24, 2007
Added new Web site: The Nazarene Way of Essenic Studies - Crucifixion. Oct 24, 2007
Added new Web site: CenturyOne Foundation - Crucifixion. Oct 24, 2007
Article added to new online database. Jul 28, 1999
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