The Trial of Jesus of NazarethThe Lawbook Exchange, Ltd., 2006 - 266 pages Renowned for its impeccable legal reasoning and lucid prose, this compelling study is based on a close reading of the four gospels. It reconstructs the accounts of Mathew, Mark, Luke and John and examines their discrepancies. The final two chapters put these accounts into the context of Jerusalem's legal and political environment. Radin's goal is not to pass judgment, but to reconstruct one of the most significant events in history, which he does with remarkable skill. Radin [1880-1950], the son of a rabbi, had a thorough education in Hebrew, Greek and Latin in addition to his legal training. A professor of law at Boalt Hall, Berkeley, he was a versatile scholar of jurisprudence and international, comparative and Roman law. |
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... centuries a great many per- have tried to examine the evidence we are about to consider , and have tried to do so without making any assumptions . Curiously enough , they were for the most part devout Christians who were brought up in ...
... centuries a great many per- have tried to examine the evidence we are about to consider , and have tried to do so without making any assumptions . Curiously enough , they were for the most part devout Christians who were brought up in ...
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... centuries A.d. However , we cannot use them whether they confirm or supplement what the gospels state . If there were statements in them contra- dictory to the gospels , we should have to make up our minds whether the contradictions ...
... centuries A.d. However , we cannot use them whether they confirm or supplement what the gospels state . If there were statements in them contra- dictory to the gospels , we should have to make up our minds whether the contradictions ...
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... centuries they have been con- sidered as they are still considered by mil- lions the word of God which it was a danger- ous offense to question or to misunderstand . It is necessary once more to remind ourselves that for our purposes we ...
... centuries they have been con- sidered as they are still considered by mil- lions the word of God which it was a danger- ous offense to question or to misunderstand . It is necessary once more to remind ourselves that for our purposes we ...
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... centuries . Some of them have been found recently , but most were known in the sixteenth century , and many of these could have been consulted by the editors of the Greek Bible . How many of these manuscripts actually were consulted by ...
... centuries . Some of them have been found recently , but most were known in the sixteenth century , and many of these could have been consulted by the editors of the Greek Bible . How many of these manuscripts actually were consulted by ...
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... century Greek Testaments and the Greek text which modern scholars have accepted after a careful and exhaustive study of several hundred manuscripts and a minute comparison of all of them . We must remember that the famous Greek scholars ...
... century Greek Testaments and the Greek text which modern scholars have accepted after a careful and exhaustive study of several hundred manuscripts and a minute comparison of all of them . We must remember that the famous Greek scholars ...
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