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Saving Paradise Art History in support of the truth In fact, they never killed him, they never crucified him—they were made to think that they did. All factions who are disputing in this matter are full of doubt concerning this issue. They possess no knowledge; they only conjecture. For certain, they never killed him.  (4:157) I am reading a book that is just wonderful. This book, called Saving Paradise, is more than just a book, it is an event. Its subtitle is How Christianity Traded Love of This World for Crucifixion and Empire. Published by Beacon Press in 2008, it challenges the core of today’s Christian faith that the crucifixion of Jesus saved the world. The two authors, Rita Brock and Rebecca Parker, began traveling the Mediterranean world in search of art depicting the dead, crucified Jesus. In their Preface they share that they discovered that it took Jesus a thousand years to die—at least if early Christian art is any indication... Images of his corpse did not appear in c...