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The Journal of Theological Studies Advance Access originally published online on September 2, 2009
The Journal of Theological Studies 2009 60(2):556-569; doi:10.1093/jts/flp092
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The References to the Time and Place of the Crucifixion in the Peri Pascha of Melito of Sardis

Urban C. von Wahlde

Loyola University, Chicago

Correspondence: uvonwah{at}luc.edu


  Abstract

After the time of the gospels, Melito of Sardis is the first Christian writer of whom we have a record to make reference to the place where Jesus was crucified. His references to the place of crucifixion have been thought to reflect knowledge of where the site of Golgotha was located within the plan of second-century Aelia Capitolina. However, a survey of all his references to the time and place of crucifixion indicates that they are governed by Melito's rhetorical purposes and are not historically reliable.


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