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Injuries that May Have Been Caused by a Crown of Thorns
Injuries that May Have Been Caused by a Crown of Thorns

Author(s): Hanna Walentyna Górska
Subject(s): Religion and science , Biblical studies, Sociology of Religion
Published by: Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza
Keywords: Crown of Thorns; Passion of Jesus; wounds; Shroud of Turin; Sudarium of Oviedo; Sainte Coiffe;

Summary/Abstract: The article is the attempt to answer the question: what physical injury could cause the Crown of Thorns, which was placed on the head of Jesus. Analysis of this event and its effects, was carried out on the basis of the study of the Shroud of Turin, Sudarium of Oviedo, Sainte Coiffe. In addition, there has been included information on Jewish funeral procedures and the study of plant species, which served the soldiers to make the crown of thorns for Jesus.

  • Issue Year: 36/2020
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 83-96
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: English