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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... seems to contradict or qualify these , we must either make a further reconciliation or reject this outside material as false . That is the method of faith and its result is edification . But it is not the method of his- 4 THE TRIAL OF ...
... seems to contradict or qualify these , we must either make a further reconciliation or reject this outside material as false . That is the method of faith and its result is edification . But it is not the method of his- 4 THE TRIAL OF ...
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... seem to be contradic- tions , we must make up our minds whether we shall choose between them or attempt a recon- ciliation . And if we choose between contra- dictory statements , we must do so on the basis of the greater probability of ...
... seem to be contradic- tions , we must make up our minds whether we shall choose between them or attempt a recon- ciliation . And if we choose between contra- dictory statements , we must do so on the basis of the greater probability of ...
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... seems , in a fashion very like the dogmas of an organized church . Certainly a certain measure of intolerance toward those who ques- tion them too closely is not altogether absent . At any rate , their established position , the ...
... seems , in a fashion very like the dogmas of an organized church . Certainly a certain measure of intolerance toward those who ques- tion them too closely is not altogether absent . At any rate , their established position , the ...
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... seems of greater weight than the silence of one or two writers who wrote a few years after Jesus . We must accordingly discard this extreme form of skep- ticism , and approach our problem with a cer- tain confidence that the event we ...
... seems of greater weight than the silence of one or two writers who wrote a few years after Jesus . We must accordingly discard this extreme form of skep- ticism , and approach our problem with a cer- tain confidence that the event we ...
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... seems to me , it places beyond reasonable question the existence of Jesus , the approximate date of his death , the fact of his execution on a capital sentence , and the name and office of his judge . Pilatus ( Pilate ) is never ...
... seems to me , it places beyond reasonable question the existence of Jesus , the approximate date of his death , the fact of his execution on a capital sentence , and the name and office of his judge . Pilatus ( Pilate ) is never ...
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