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Historical information relative to the burial of Jesus
Stipe Jurič
Abstract
In this article the author deals with the manner of burial and the
customs common to the Jews in the relation of the burial of Jesus. The
Jews uniformly disposed of the corpse by entombment where possible,
and failing that, by interment; extending this respect to the remains
even o f the slain enemy and malefactor, in the latter case by express
provision of law. The interments are a chronicle of the strong family
feeling among the Jews. Thus it was deemed a misfortune or an indignity, not only to be deprived of burial, but, in a lesser degree, to be excluded from the family sepulchre. The relation of the evangelistic
narrative to the mode o f burial o f the Jews is obvios. Departing from
the Roman Law which anexed a further penalty to execution, the refusal
of burial, and the request for the body, the author analyses the duty
of burial, the time of burial, the preparation of the body (washing,
annointing, clothing), the place of burial (its site and shape) and the large stone capable of being rolled, confirming all with the OT, NT and Rabbinical texts.
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85780
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Publication date:
15.9.1988.
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