RE: Help! Joseph of Arimathea.
May 12, 2012 at 11:23 pm
(This post was last modified: May 12, 2012 at 11:25 pm by Minimalist.)
1. No one has ever been able to identify a place called Arimathea for "Joseph" to be from.
2. As a member of the Sanhedrin, it is presumed that he would have been a Jew.
3. Jews in Judaea used a patronymic name so he would have been "Joseph" son of "Shmecky" ( or whatever.)
4. When the Romans crucified someone they did not allow the body to be taken down for proper burial. The whole point of crucifixion was to make the death as painful and dishonorable as possible.
5. I agree with Price that this character was a later invention in order to get the body off the cross and into a tomb.
2. As a member of the Sanhedrin, it is presumed that he would have been a Jew.
3. Jews in Judaea used a patronymic name so he would have been "Joseph" son of "Shmecky" ( or whatever.)
4. When the Romans crucified someone they did not allow the body to be taken down for proper burial. The whole point of crucifixion was to make the death as painful and dishonorable as possible.
5. I agree with Price that this character was a later invention in order to get the body off the cross and into a tomb.
