(November 11, 2022 at 1:17 pm)The Grand Nudger Wrote: That authors took liberties with their stories isn't in any way a problem for the looney hypothesis, meanwhile, though I do think it's kind of looney to pick that specific detail out as confirming some historical hypothesis.
The Roman Empire was a police state; all scholars agree on this. As a police state, the Romans conducted public executions, namely, crucifixion. Dying by crucifixion was not a quick process; Josephus requested that a crucified individual be removed from his cross, a request that was granted. Such proves that individuals could survive being crucified. Those individuals left to die (virtually everyone) suffered periods of extreme agony. In this respect, the account in Mark has contextual credibility.
