THE TRIAL OF JESUS FROM A LAWYER'S STANDPOINT VOLUME I

CONTENTS OF VOLUME ONE


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PREFACE TO VOLUME ONE xiii

THE GOSPEL NARRATIVES xxx


PART I

_THE RECORD OF FACT_

AUTHENTICITY OF THE NEW TESTAMENT NARRATIVES, JUDICIALLY CONSIDERED 3

CREDIBILITY OF THE GOSPEL WRITERS, LEGALLY TESTED 9


PART II

_HEBREW CRIMINAL LAW_

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I. THE MOSAIC CODE AND THE TALMUD 73

II. HEBREW CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS 91

III. HEBREW COURTS AND JUDGES 102

IV. HEBREW WITNESSES AND EVIDENCE 127

V. MODE OF TRIAL AND EXECUTION IN HEBREW CAPITAL CASES 153


PART III

_THE BRIEF_

WHETHER OR NOT THE GREAT SANHEDRIN EXISTED AT THE TIME OF CHRIST 175

CONCERNING THE JURISDICTION OF THE GREAT SANHEDRIN, WITH REFERENCE
TO ROMAN AUTHORITY, TO TRY CAPITAL OFFENSES AT THE DATE OF THE
CRUCIFIXION 181

CONCERNING THE JURISDICTION OF THE GREAT SANHEDRIN, UNDER HEBREW LAW,
TO TRY THE PARTICULAR OFFENSE WITH WHICH JESUS WAS CHARGED 183

WHETHER OR NOT THERE WAS A REGULAR LEGAL TRIAL OF JESUS BEFORE THE
GREAT SANHEDRIN 183

WHETHER OR NOT THE RULES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE PRESCRIBED IN THE
MISHNA WERE IN EXISTENCE AND ACTIVELY IN FORCE IN JUDEA AT THE
TIME OF THE TRIAL OF JESUS 186

THE NATURE OF THE CHARGE BROUGHT AGAINST JESUS AT THE TRIAL BEFORE
THE GREAT SANHEDRIN; AND HIS GUILT OR INNOCENCE WITH REFERENCE
THERETO 187

POINT I: CONCERNING THE LEGALITY OF THE ARREST OF JESUS IN
GETHSEMANE 219

POINT II: CONCERNING THE LEGALITY OF THE PRIVATE EXAMINATION OF
JESUS BY ANNAS (OR CAIAPHAS) BEFORE THE BEGINNING OF THE REGULAR
TRIAL 238

POINT III: CONCERNING THE LEGALITY OF THE INDICTMENT AGAINST
JESUS 248

POINT IV: CONCERNING THE LEGALITY OF TRYING JESUS AT NIGHT 255

POINT V: CONCERNING THE LEGALITY OF TRYING JESUS BEFORE THE MORNING
SACRIFICE HAD BEEN OFFERED 260

POINT VI: CONCERNING THE LEGALITY OF TRYING JESUS ON THE EVE OF A
JEWISH SABBATH AND AT THE BEGINNING OF THE CELEBRATION OF THE
PASSOVER FEAST 263

POINT VII: CONCERNING THE LEGALITY OF CONCLUDING THE TRIAL OF JESUS
WITHIN ONE DAY 267

POINT VIII: CONCERNING THE LEGALITY OF CONVICTING JESUS UPON HIS
UNCORROBORATED CONFESSION 271

POINT IX: CONCERNING THE LEGALITY OF A UNANIMOUS VERDICT AGAINST
JESUS 279

POINT X: CONCERNING CERTAIN IRREGULARITIES OF FORM IN TRYING AND
CONDEMNING JESUS 287

POINT XI: CONCERNING THE LEGAL DISQUALIFICATIONS OF MEMBERS OF THE
GREAT SANHEDRIN, TO TRY JESUS 295

POINT XII: CONCERNING THE LEGALITY OF THE REFUSAL OF THE GREAT
SANHEDRIN TO CONSIDER THE MERITS OF THE DEFENSE OF JESUS 309