Blog and short pieces
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Art depicts Jesus in a loincloth
The Conversation 28 March 2024.
David Tombs examines the historical evidence that Jesus was naked on the cross and the artistic conventions that explain why he is usually shown as wearing a loincloth .
Preaching the Passion
Preacher’s Blog, Centre for the Study of Bible and Violence, Bristol Baptist College, 12 March 2024.
David Tombs considers the stripping of Jesus as a form of sexual violence at the hands of his captors .
How Recognising Jesus as a victim of sexual abuse might help shift Catholic culture
The Conversation, 13 March 2019.
David Tombs reports on survivor interviews that say attention to Jesus’ experience of sexual abuse should be an important issue within the church.
#HimToo – why Jesus should be recognised as a victim of sexual violence
The Conversation, 23 March 2018.
Katie Edwards and David Tombs explain why Jesus should be recognised as a victim of sexual violence on account of the involuntary nudity and forced stripping.
Abandonment, Rape, And Second Abandonment: Hannah Baker in 13 Reasons Why and King David’s Concubines in 2 Samuel 15–20
The Shiloh Blog, 18 October 2017.
David Tombs examines secondary victimisation in ‘13 Reasons Why’ and King David’s abandonment of ten concubines.