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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... reason alone , enormously important , if it had no religious implications whatever . Its importance in Christian communities is natural . The death of Jesus is , in Christian contemplation , the supreme sacrifice whereby God redeemed ...
... reason alone , enormously important , if it had no religious implications whatever . Its importance in Christian communities is natural . The death of Jesus is , in Christian contemplation , the supreme sacrifice whereby God redeemed ...
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... reason that the persons and things are not wholly unrelated to us , and we have not just learned of the name of Jesus by reading the gospels . Yet unless we make a brave and determined effort to do this thing , to treat the gospels as ...
... reason that the persons and things are not wholly unrelated to us , and we have not just learned of the name of Jesus by reading the gospels . Yet unless we make a brave and determined effort to do this thing , to treat the gospels as ...
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... reasons by the people who wrote them is ex- tremely likely . About a great many of them this was the belief among ... reason to believe it , how- ever , for a certain number of books which we generally list as the " New Testament Apoc ...
... reasons by the people who wrote them is ex- tremely likely . About a great many of them this was the belief among ... reason to believe it , how- ever , for a certain number of books which we generally list as the " New Testament Apoc ...
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... reason to believe is a closer approxima- tion to the correct text of the gospels . There have accordingly been two revisions of the Authorized ( King James ) Version , one in Eng- land in 1881 and a later one in America in 1901 . A ...
... reason to believe is a closer approxima- tion to the correct text of the gospels . There have accordingly been two revisions of the Authorized ( King James ) Version , one in Eng- land in 1881 and a later one in America in 1901 . A ...
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