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On Jesus’ Death, part 4 of 4: Swoon Theory and Substitutionary Atonement

Published on April 9, 2015 By sirrahc

“Except for the romantic few who think that Jesus did not die on the cross but woke up in the tomb and ran off to India with Mary Magdalene, most scholars accept the uniform testimony of the Gospels that Jesus died.” — Raymond E. Brown, distinguished (though somewhat controversial) Catholic scholar and emeritus professor of […]