Joseph Bergeron M.D.The Crucifixion of Jesus: A Medical Doctor Examines the Death and Resurrection of Christ

Incisive and carefully backed by evidence corroborated by firsthand witnesses of Christ. I highly recommend this book to those who are believers and those who are seeking the truth.

Dr Bergeron did a great job interpreting the blood on the Shroud of Turin. He presents a new theory on how potentially the man in the Shroud of Turin may have died. If you're interested in the Shroud of Turin, this is a must read.

Very readable. Explains historical views on the Mechanism of Death for Christ but does not mention possibility of Christ "Giving up his life voluntarily.

This is the third copy I've purchased.

The author has completely transformed so much of the bible for me in the way he presents his discussion on the facts surrounding Jesus. I have always been so grateful for Jesus and being saved but this book has added a greater value.

I thought this book would just be about crucifixion but it's actually a great insight into the history of Jesus and the backgrounds of key players at that time.

Excellent book. Highly recommend to understand Jesus's sacrifice for our sins.

Many of us were provided a view of the brutality of Roman crucifixion in Mel Gibson's "The Passion." It gave us a bit of an understanding of that terrible day--what it cost the King of kings to rescue us, and how willingly He went to a death so terrifying, we can scarcely imagine. But even Gibson couldn't show it all--it would have been too gruesome. What Joseph Bergeron does here is reveal facts uncovered in his exhaustive investigation that provide a line of sight into the practices of the most famous executioners who used this extreme form of torture. The totality of the scene brings tears to my eyes. Most sobering for me were these facts: first, that the cross we imagine (as Gibson did) as tall and above those gathered to watch was an artistic convention made by artists centuries later who had never seen a crucifixion and did their best to portray it. The tall cross we think of as factual probably required the work of several men using ropes to pull the thing into place so that it would sink into the hole made for it. Such time-consuming and exhausting work was most likely not the way Rome, which often executed scores, even hundreds, of people in a day went about the task; instead, evidence leads to the fact that those nailed to the top bar of the "T" (and it was evidently shaped as a capital T) were lifted into place on the already-constructed wooden pillars, allowing soldiers to do mass crucifixions quickly and efficiently. Thus, Jesus was practically eye-level with those who put him there and with those who watched Him die. Think of looking up to just about 7 or 8 feet--maybe as high as your living room ceiling--and seeing the eyes of your loved one as He suffers, listening to Him tell you, "Behold your son" and "Behold your mother." The conversation Jesus had with those on either side could be heard clearly.The other deeply moving observation Dr. Bergeron offers is the extent of the trauma to Jesus' body would have caused His blood to become so "deranged"--yes, that's a medical thing--that it could not clot, and thus, His assertion to His disciples as He invited them to drink the cup representing His blood, saying "which is poured out for you," is pretty literally true. Men might take a week to die in common crucifixions, but Jesus, having been viciously beaten and scourged twice, to the extent He was flayed to the bone and had already lost an enormous amount of blood, died within a few hours because the traumatic effect on His body was that His blood just poured out of Him."As I survey the wondrous cross," wrote Isaac Watts, "on which the Prince of Glory died . . . see from His head, His hands, His feet, sorrow and love flow mingled down. Did 'ere such love and sorrow meet? . . . His dying crimson, like a robe, spreads o'er His body on the tree." I sing with Watts, to my everlasting gratitude, "Love so amazing, so divine, demands my soul, my life, my all."

Very insightful and thorough

If you are looking for evidence of the truth behind Jesus' Crucifixion from a medical perspective, you must get this book! Your eternity hang of the weather Jesus did rise or not. But this book is a good starting point on the journey to discovering the truth.