Killing Jesus: A History (32 page)
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Authors: Bill O'Reilly,Martin Dugard
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The Crucifixion and Jesus’s Last Days
: In addition to the detailed and chilling version of events recorded in the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, other recommended reading includes
The Trial of Jesus
, edited by Ernst Bammel;
Jesus, The Final Days
, by Craig Evans and N. T. Wright; and
The Final Days of Jesus
, by Shimon Gibson. All are filled with nuance, detail, and unique points of view. And for a most graphic depiction of death on the cross, the reader is advised to wade into
The Crucifixion of Jesus: A Forensic Inquiry
. Among other clinical details, the text includes photographs of a crucifixion reenactment. Obviously, not for the faint of heart.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Vast help is always needed in writing a complicated book. This time Makeda Wubneh, Eric Simonoff, Stephen Rubin, and Gillian Blake provided tremendous assistance, for which I am extremely grateful.
—
B
ILL
O
’
R
EILLY
A great thanks to Eric Simonoff for his quiet counsel and literary genius. To Stephen Rubin and Gillian Blake at Holt. To Denny Bellessi for the encouragement. To Bill O’Reilly, the world’s best writing partner. And, as always, to Callie.
—
M
ARTIN
D
UGARD
ILLUSTRATION CREDITS
Maps by Gene Thorp
Crown of thorns illustration by Laura Hartman Maestro
From the collection of Bill O’Reilly
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From the collection of Bill O’Reilly
Illustration by Shalum Shalumov
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INTERFOTO/Sammlung Rauch/Mary Evans
Illustration by Shalum Shalumov
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Illustration research by Laura Wyss and Wyssphoto, Inc.
INDEX
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Abraham
Actium, Battle of
Acts
Adam
Africa
Agrippa
Agrippa, Marcus Vipsanius
Al-Aqsa Mosque
Alesia
Alexander the Great
Alexandria
Ananus
Andrew
animal sacrifices
Anna
Annas
Antipas
murder of John the Baptist
Antonia Fortress
Antony, Marc
apostles
Aramaic
Archelaus
Aretas IV, King
Assyrians
astrology
astronomy
Augustus, Caesar
civil war and
Babylon and Babylonians
baptism
Barabbas
Bar Kochba
Bartholomew
Bethany
Bethlehem
slaughter of the babies
Bethsaida
Bible.
See also specific books
Bithynia
blasphemy
bread
leavened
Britain
Brutus, Decimus
Brutus, Marcus Junius
Byzantium
Caesar, Julius
civil war and
Cleopatra and
conspiracy plot and murder of
Gallic wars
Caesarea
Caesarea Philippi
Caesarion
Caiaphas
death of
Judas and
calendars
Caligula
Calpurnia
Calvaria.
See also
Golgotha
Cana, wedding in
Canonical Gospels
Capernaum
Capri
Carrhae, Battle of
Casca
Cassius
Catholic Church
Cato
Christianity, early history of
Christmas
Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem
Cicero
Cimber, Lucius Tillius
circumcision
Claudius
Cleopatra
coins
money changing
thirty silver coins paid to Judas
Corinthians
Court of the Gentiles
Crassus, Marcus Licinius
cross, as a symbol
crown of thorns
crucifixion
death squads
of disciples
historical views of
of Jesus
Daniel
David, King
days of the week
Dead Sea Scrolls
death squads
denarius
Deuteronomy, book of
disciples
Last Supper
post-crucifixion lives and martyrdom
Dolorosa
Dome of the Rock
donkey
ridden by Jesus into Jerusalem
doves
Drusus
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
Edict of Milan
Egypt
Elijah
Elisha
Ephesus
equestrians
Esther
Ethiopia
Eusebius
exactor mortis
Exodus, book of
farming
fig tree
First Temple
fish and fishing
food
France
Fronto, Marcus Cornelius
Galilean Method
Galilee
Gallic Wars
Gaul and Gauls
Genesis, book of
Gennath Gate
genocide
Gaul massacre
slaughter of the babies
Germanic tribes
Germanicus,
Gethsemane, garden at
Golgotha (Calvaria, Gulgata)
Gratus
Greece and Greeks
Hadrian
Hasmoneans
Hebrew
Hellenization
hematidrosis
Herod Antipas.
See
Antipas
Herodias
Herod the Great
slaughter of the babies
Hierapolis
Hitler, Adolf
Holy Lance
homosexuality
hospitality
Ides of March
India
Isaac
Isaiah
Islam
Israel and Israelites
Italy
civil war
see also
Rome
Jacob
Jaffa Gate
James
James (brother of Jesus)
Jeremiah
Jerusalem
crucifixion of Jesus in
destruction of
Jesus rides donkey into
Last Supper in
map of
Passover week
Roman rule
Six-Day War
Temple.
See
Temple
tourism
trials and sentencing of Jesus in
Jesus ben Ananias
Jesus
arrest of
baptism of
betrayed by Judas
birth of
burial and tomb of
in Capernaum
childhood of
crown of thorns
crucifixion of
death of
disciples of
in garden at Gethsemane
income of
lashing of
Last Supper
legacy of
length of life
miracles and healings
money changers and
name of
Passover week
Pilate and
popularity of
prophecies about
removal from cross
resurrection of
rides donkey into Jerusalem
Sermon on the Mount
as Son of God
teachings of
trials and sentencing of
tunic of
Jews and Judaism
burial rituals
festivals
high priesthood
hospitality
law
Passover week
prophecies about Jesus
rebellions against Romans
Roman rule
terminology
texts
women
Job
John
John, Gospel of
John the Baptist
murder of
Jordan River
Joseph (brother of Jesus)
Joseph (father of Jesus)
Joseph of Arimathea
Josephus
Judas (brother of Jesus)
Judas Iscariot
betrays Jesus
death of
thirty silver coins paid to
Judas of Gamala
Judea
Roman rule
Judean Method
Julia
karet
Kidron Valley
King, Martin Luther, Jr.
lambs
lashing
Latin
Lazarus
risen from the dead
Legio X Fretensis
Legio XIII Gemina
Levites
Leviticus, book of
Liberators
Lincoln, Abraham
Longinus
Longus, Publius Servilius Casca
Lucian of Samosata
Luke
Luke, Gospel of
Macedonians
Machaerus
Magdala
Magi
Malchus