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Scientific Paper1986

On the Physical Death of Jesus Christ (JAMA, 1986)

A 1986 Journal of the American Medical Association forensic-pathology analysis concluding that Roman scourging and crucifixion practices made genuine death virtually certain, presenting strong medical evidence against the swoon hypothesis.

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  • On the Physical Death of Jesus Christ (JAMA, 1986) debunked Swoon Hypothesis — Forensic pathologists have described the physiological survival claim as unfounded and contradicted by the medical evidence for how crucifixion kills.

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  • On the Physical Death of Jesus Christ (JAMA, 1986) was used to analyse Crucifixion of Jesus — 1986 JAMA forensic-pathology analysis of the physiological mechanism of death by crucifixion.

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