The Spectacle of the Patibulum: A Response to Ruben van Wingerden : In honorem Kathleen M. Coleman
Ruben van Wingerden's articles on carrying a patibulum and σταυρός are admirably precise. However, his analyses of two texts of Plautus and a fragment of Clodius Licinus are problematic. In contrast to van Wingerden's rather minimalistic conclusions regarding carrying a patibulum or σταυρό...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
2023
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New Testament studies
Year: 2023, Volume: 69, Issue: 1, Pages: 76-94 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
stauros
/ Cross
/ Carrying
/ Crucifixion
/ Wingerden, Ruben van
/ Roman Empire
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| RelBib Classification: | HC New Testament TB Antiquity |
| Further subjects: | B
carrying a cross
B spectacle B σταυρός B Patibulum |
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| Summary: | Ruben van Wingerden's articles on carrying a patibulum and σταυρός are admirably precise. However, his analyses of two texts of Plautus and a fragment of Clodius Licinus are problematic. In contrast to van Wingerden's rather minimalistic conclusions regarding carrying a patibulum or σταυρός, it seems likely that carrying a patibulum was a general element in Roman practice in accounts in which patibula are mentioned in conjunction with crucifixions - even when there is no explicit reference to carrying the patibulum through the streets. |
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| ISSN: | 1469-8145 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: New Testament studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0028688522000297 |