ReligionForBreakfast on MSN: He was not crucified – The Islamic view of Jesus
Where Is Golgotha, Where Jesus Was Crucified? Where is Golgotha, where Jesus was crucified, located in Jerusalem? Marcel Serr and Dieter Vieweger discuss past and current investigations into the site where Jesus was crucified.
Archaeological evidence regarding the location of Golgotha, where Jesus was crucified, suggests the Church of the Holy Sepulchre—or clues beneath the Church of the Redeemer—may point to the true site of Jesus’ crucifixion.
How was Jesus crucified? This question sounds so trivial it is almost confusing. Christian tradition has always portrayed Jesus hanging from the cross with his palms and feet painfully pierced with nails. Nail wounds feature prominently in the graphic representations of the crucified Jesus. We may then be surprised to learn that the otherwise detailed gospel accounts of Jesus’s execution ...
By: BAS Staff In the history of crucifixion, the death of Jesus of Nazareth stands out as the best-known example by far. Crucifixion in antiquity was actually a fairly common punishment, but there were no known physical remains from a crucifixion. Then, in 1968, archaeologist Vassilios Tzaferis excavated a Jerusalem tomb that contained the bones of a crucified man named Yehohanan. As Tzaferis ...
Jesus holds a central yet controversial role in Islam. The Quran presents him as a prophet, not divine, and denies his crucifixion. His miracles are acknowledged, but always described as acts ...
Recently I tried out on my students a new upper-level undergraduate course entitled “The Islamic Jesus.” As a Catholic whose research interests range from the Middle East to Pakistan and Indonesia, I ...