Nicolette wrote:
>
> >Fernando Carvalhaes Duarte
> wrote...
>
> >- numerological thinking of the period: is 32 a symbolic "tag" or was it
> >a belief at the time that Christ lived 32 years("J.Christ lived 32 years
> >in this world...")?
> >
> This is very minor, but I was under the impression that Christ was 33 when
> he died... and I've been telling undergrads this for some time. Am I
> wrong!? (gasp!) At least, what did medieval people beleive?
>
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> Nicole Morgan Schulman Omittamus studia dulce est desipere,
> Dept. of History, U. of Toronto et carpamus dulcia iuventutis tenere!
These two positions--Christ was 33 at death and Christ lived 32 years in
this world--don't seem to me to be inconsistent. At age 33, one has
completed 32 years. Isn't that the case?
Stephen Harris
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