How long does it take to read Mors Turpissima Crucis?
Martin Hengel
Mors Turpissima Crucis by Martin Hengel takes about 1 hour 49 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 1 hour 49 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1977. 99 pages, about 27,225 words.
4 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 3 hours 2 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 1 hour 49 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 8 minutes |
The page count is the median across 2 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
In a comprehensive and detailed survey on its remarkably widespread employment in the Roman empire, Dr. Hengel examines the way in which "the most vile death of the cross" was regarded in the Greek-speaking world and particularly in Roman-occupied Palestine. His conclusions bring out more starkly than ever the offensiveness of the Christian message: Jesus not only died an unspeakably cruel death, he underwent the most contemptible abasement that could be imagined. So repugnant was the gruesome reality, that a natural tendency prevails to blunt, remove, or deomesticate its scandalous impact. Yet any discussion of a "theology of the cross" must be preceded by adequate comprehension of both the nature and extent of this scandal. - Publisher.
Subjects: Crucifixion, History, Crucifiement, Crucifixion of Jesus Christ, Capital punishment, Histoire
