crucifixion: References & Edit History
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
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| Invalidated site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Crucifixion and median neuropathy. | Aug 25, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Crucifixion and median neuropathy. | Jan 16, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: BBC News - Crucifixion from ancient Rome to modern Syria. | Jul 31, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Bible Odyssey - Crucifixion in the Roman World. | Jun 20, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: CORE - Crucifixion of Jesus ? Historical Fact, Christian Faith and Islamic Denial (PDF). | Apr 14, 2025 | ||
| Mentioned St. Joseph of Arimathea and added media. | Feb 25, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: The University of Chicago Press Journals - Current Interest in the Crucifixion (PDF). | Feb 12, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Biblical Archaeology Society - Roman Crucifixion Methods Reveal the History of Crucifixion. | Jul 31, 2024 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Feb 15, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Learn Religions - Definition of Crucifixion, an Ancient Method of Execution. | Nov 15, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Medical theories on the cause of death in crucifixion. | Sep 07, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Academia - The Crucifixion. | May 20, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: McClintock and Strong Biblical Cyclopedia - Crucifixion. | Mar 03, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Live Science - Jesus wasn't the only man to be crucified. Here's the history behind this brutal practice. | Jan 06, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: World History Encyclopedia - Crucifixion. | Nov 18, 2022 | ||
| Media added. | Oct 12, 2018 | ||
| Added cross-references. | Oct 12, 2018 | ||
| Revised to mention that crucifixion caused death by constraining blood circulation and triggering asphyxiation. Also mentioned that shattering the legs hastened death by exacerbating asphyxiation. |
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Dec 03, 2015 | |
| Article revised to mention that Jesus hung for six hours on the cross before death. |
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Mar 10, 2015 | |
| Changed the date that Constantine the Great abolished crucifixion from "337 CE" to "the early fourth century CE." |
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Sep 16, 2014 | |
| Add new Web site: JewishEncyclopedia.com - Crucifixion. | Jan 29, 2014 | ||
| Added image of the 14th-century wood panel The Crucifixion, by the Master of the Codex of Saint George. | Oct 06, 2010 | ||
| Added image of a book cover with a silver-gilt setting of an ivory crucifixion, before 1085 CE. | Jul 12, 2010 | ||
| Added new Web site: All About Jesus Christ - History of Crucifixion. | Oct 24, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: American Bible Society - Crucifixion. | Oct 24, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: The Nazarene Way of Essenic Studies - Crucifixion. | Oct 24, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: CenturyOne Foundation - Crucifixion. | Oct 24, 2007 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 28, 1999 |
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