RE: Good Article on Crucifixion
December 12, 2015 at 2:34 pm
(This post was last modified: December 12, 2015 at 2:39 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
You're approaching the subject rationally, they were not - keep that in mind. They were loaded with iconography of a jesus with his arms outspread, holes through his palms. There are -plenty- of ways to keep someone stuck up on a post without nails or straps, sure. As regards the nails through the feet....sure, that would keep the feet up there, and if the arms came loose you'd have an inverted flapper. All of this is assuming that the guy is sitting around like a ragdoll model, a'course...not what I'd be up to if I'd been crucified.
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