Jesus on death row
Subtitle: the trial of Jesus and American capital punishment
By: Mark Osler.
Publisher: Abingdon Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Nashville
Language: eng
Number of pages: 157
ISBN-13: 9780687647569
Subjects: Jesus Christ -- Trial; Jesus Christ -- Crucifixion; Capital punishment -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The story of Jesus Christ, defendant; title: The investigation and inculpatory statements; title: The use of a paid informant; title: Strategic arrest; title: The maiming of the slave and the role of power; title: The initial appearance; title: Last meal / Last Supper; title: The fact of a trial; title: The trial witnesses; title: The prosecutor's emotion; title: The appeal to Pilate; title: Habeas denied; title: The governor denies clemency; title: Humiliation of the convicted; title: A cruel and unusual execution; title: Forfeiture; title: The problem of innocence; title: Aloneness and the ethics of the crowd.