Hello Joe,

>LL>In fact, crucifixion was also a Jewish custom, not used solely by
>LL>the Romans.

JB>Lee, I definitely would like to see your citation on that one.

Why certainly, Joe -

http://joezias.com/CrucifixionAntiquity.html

"In Ancient Israel crucifixion amongst the Jews was rare and except for
a few instances, as when treason was involved, the subject was stoned to
death first and then hung on a tree in accordance with the Biblical
passage in Deuteronomy 21:22-23."

Dt 21:22-23 - "When someone is convicted of a crime punishable by death
and executed, and you hang him on a tree, his corpse must not remain all
night upon the tree; you shall bury him that same day, for anyone hung
on a tree is under God's curse."

Of course, that does not tell the whole story.

"There was one exception to this passage in which the Jewish victims
were killed first via crucifi ion rather than being hung on a tree after
death as was the case with the high priest, Alexander Janneus in which
800 Jews were crucified in Jerusalem in 87 BCE before their wives and
children.  While on the cross, according to Josephus (Ant. 12:256) the
women and children were then slaughtered before their eyes."

Jews did not crucify only men, or in the same way -

"Perhaps one of the unique aspects of Jewish crucifixion was that when
employed on women, according to Mishna, they faced the cross whereas men
were crucified with their back to the cross. (M. Sanh. 6.4)"

--Lee


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