Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!geneva.rutgers.edu!christian From: bill@emx.utexas.edu (Bill Jefferys) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: Shroud of Turin Message-ID: Date: 26 Jun 89 04:48:06 GMT Sender: hedrick@geneva.rutgers.edu Lines: 23 Approved: hedrick@geneva.rutgers.edu [This is in response to comments on where exactly the nails were placed when Jesus was nailed to the cross. It refers to the article, athos.Jun.24.01.34.22.1989.23909, by kd0s+@andrew.cmu.edu (Karen Yvonne Daly) --clh] #Actually, the word translated "hands" in the Greek meant the part of the body #from the fingertips to the elbow. Not knowing Greek, I was unaware of this. I have made a notation of this excellent point. #It's impossible to nail someone up by the hands as the flesh there is not #strong enough to hold the nail. The weight of one's arm is sufficient to #tear the flesh off the nail. (sorry for the gory image) Our fearless moderator mentioned an article in the most recent Bible Review that supports the "nails through the hands" tradition. I don't know if this article is referring to the same thing, but in his book (First Edition, p. 63), Nickell mentions the work of a Dr. Zugibe, who established experimentally--using cadaver hands--that a nail through the proper place in the palm will not tear free. Bill Jefferys