{"id":101524,"date":"2017-11-16T00:50:16","date_gmt":"2017-11-16T07:50:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/?p=101524"},"modified":"2017-11-13T22:50:11","modified_gmt":"2017-11-14T05:50:11","slug":"connecting-dots-true-cross-titulus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/2017\/11\/connecting-dots-true-cross-titulus.html","title":{"rendered":"Connecting the Dots on the True Cross, the Titulus…"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

\u2026and the extraordinary weirdnesses of popular pieties throughout the ages, featuring T0m McDonald, Knower of All Arcana!<\/p>\n

<\/iframe><\/p>\nFor still more McDonaldian arcana, go here for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncregister.com\/blog\/tmcdonald\/the-mystery-of-the-copper-scroll\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Mystery of the Copper Scroll<\/a>, featuring an actual Treasure Map from none other than Qumran.<\/p>\nWhen you dress like Indiana Jones and sport a kafiyah, you pretty much are born to be an International Man of Mystery:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scontent-sea1-1.xx.fbcdn.net\/v\/t1.0-9\/14718844_10211221809966995_1062339339052589241_n.jpg?oh=c2a221cfd315771b67b6c93eb7c5e5e6&oe=5A9283BB\" alt=\"Image may contain: 1 person, sunglasses, beard, outdoor and nature\"><\/p>\nPS: If you are wondering what a Titulus is, it\u2019s the sign designating the charges for which a certain miscreant named \u201cJesus of Nazareth\u201d was executed.\u00a0 It is kept in the Santa Croce in Gerusalemme Church in Rome.<\/p>\nCuriously, the charges are all written from right to left, suggesting either that the scribe who wrote them was used to writing in Hebrew or perhaps that they were intended for an audience that typically read Hebrew.\u00a0 (Given that one of the main functions of crucifixion was to tell the subject population not to step out of line *and* to induce Stockholm Syndrome in the population by getting them to side with the crucifier against the crucified\u2013a technique that worked well in the case of Jesus\u2013it is possible that this form of writing was an accommodation to that crowd.)\u00a0 Anyway, here it is:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pastorjedisabers.com\/TC%20plaque.jpg\" alt=\"Image result for jesus titulus\"><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u2026and the extraordinary weirdnesses of popular pieties throughout the ages, featuring T0m McDonald, Knower of All Arcana! 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