Resources with the topic "Crucifixion of Jesus"

Dominion: How the Christian Revolution Remade the World

Tom Holland (Author)

A “marvelous” (Economist) account of how the Christian Revolution forged the Western imagination.

Crucifixion, the Romans believed, was the worst fate imaginable, a punishment reserved for slaves. How astonishing it was, then, that people should have come to believe that one particular victim of crucifixion-an obscure provincial by the name of Jesus-was to be worshipped as a god. Dominion explores the implications of this shocking conviction as they have reverberated throughout history.

Today, the West remains utterly saturated by Christian assumptions. As Tom Holland demonstrates, our morals and ethics are not universal but are instead the fruits of a very …

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Published on:: March 23, 2021
Duration:: 22:18:00 (HH:MM:SS)
Publisher:: Basic Books
ISBN:: 1541675592
Narrated by:: Tom Holland , Mark Meadows
Book share status:: In registry

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The Crucifixion of Jesus: A Medical Doctor Examines the Death and Resurrection of Christ

Joseph Bergeron (Author)

This ground-breaking work offers a unique apologetic argument for the validity of the Gospel accounts of Jesus' death and resurrection. Dr. Bergeron's medical expertise allows him to examine the medical aspects of Jesus' death and as well as the "hallucination hypothesis" which attempts to discount Jesus' resurrection.

This book explores the following areas:

Jesus' claim to be the son of God and the Messiah of Hebrew prophetic literature
Evidence of the trustworthiness of the Gospel as reliable eyewitness testimony
The social and political context leading up to Jesus' execution
Roman crucifixion practices in public executions
Physiological mechanisms that ultimately led …

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Published on:: August 30, 2019
Publisher:: Crosslink Publishing
ISBN:: 1633571912
Book share status:: In registry

Apologetics Biblical history Crucifixion of Jesus Jesus Questions and doubts Reasoning Resurrection of Christ