Was it oak, beech, cedar, sycamore, etc, what was it?
Depending on wether or not some too easily offended moron gets this question deleted, I may ask what ratio of carbon to iron was in the metal in the nails at a later date...
2006-11-09 12:34:46 · 14 answers · asked by Kango Man 5 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Botany
A microscopic examination of the fragments of the Cross scattered through the world in the form of relics reveals the fact that it was made from a pine-tree.I don't know about the nails.
2006-11-09 12:38:02 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Could have been:
Pine as mentioned above, though there are enough relics to build a skyscraper from the cross fragments
Cedars from Lebanon - though probably too costly
Olive - gotta do something with the old trees that don't produce fruit
Fig - see above
Sycamores were common - Story of Zaccheus
Gopher wood - don't know what that is, but it was used in the Tabernacle articles... so there's a connection.
Probably wasn't a whole lot of carbon in the nails... steel came around about 1,000 years later.
And no, it doesn't mention the wood of the cross in the Bible.
2006-11-09 20:45:31 · answer #2 · answered by loon_mallet_wielder 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Easter is when they celebrate the crucifixtion and resurrection
Christmas is his birth. A better question would be, what kind of wood was the manger made of.
The Old testament says "cursed is he who hangs on a tree". It probably wasn't a "cross", so much as a "pole".
The best research suggests pine.
2006-11-09 21:14:22 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know and as most of the relics are known fakes we can hardly go by that
So being left with speculation here are a few suggestions.
Judas Tree
Gallows Tree (doesnt give a clue to type of wood lol)
Cross Tree
Blackthorn
GanTry (it's pronounced "Gan-Tree")
I can tell you for sure it wasn't any kind of Palm Tree (they are just too darn heavy woulda taken half a legion to carry the thing!)
2006-11-09 21:45:06 · answer #4 · answered by scrambulls 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think you could only know that for sure if you were around at the time! I think it may have been a fine grained wood from an Acacia tree .
2006-11-09 20:40:26 · answer #5 · answered by Laura 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I am not sure what kind of wood it was but I think it was angry because they say it was cross. Wood with bad attitude if you will.
2006-11-10 04:48:46 · answer #6 · answered by advent m 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the wood was probably from a local tree, possibly Acacia (mesquite) 0r Zizyphus (Jujube)which grows well in that area.
2006-11-10 07:21:09 · answer #7 · answered by kennannaylor 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
chances are it would have been cedar, light tough n easily workable.
as for nails they'd probably have been copper, not go rusty when bled on!!
2006-11-11 11:56:46 · answer #8 · answered by chris s 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Are you mixing up Christmas with Easter?
2006-11-09 20:39:55 · answer #9 · answered by Polo 7 · 4⤊ 1⤋
its called the christmas wood!!
from the christmas tree!!!
LOL
2006-11-09 21:53:48 · answer #10 · answered by akoaypilipino 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋