The Trial And Crucifixon Of Jesus Christ Of Nazareth
Publisher: John Murray
Published: 1908
Place of publication: London, England
Language: eng
Table of contents: title: CONTENTS; title: LECTURE I; title: THE ARREST; title: The reason for the trial of Christ — Comparison between the Gospels and Jewish and Roman law — The purely historical and legal stand- point of the lectures — Testimony of Josephus and Tacitus — Review of Christ's ministry — His propaganda of reform — His stern rebuke of evil — The Jews — Christ's new teaching — Popular expectation of the Messiah — Accusa- tions formulated against the Preacher — Attempts made to destroy Him — The meeting of the Council — The advice of Caiaphas — The arrest — The "band" and "chief captain" — Legality of the arrest — Jewish legislature — The Talmud and the Rabbis — The law — The Sanhedrin — The Pharisees — The Sadducees — The scribes ..... 1-60; title: LECTURE II; title: THE TRIAL AND CONDEMNATION; title: Annas ben Seth — The private interrogation — Joseph Caiaphas the high priest — The palace — The probable sequence of events — Four fundamental principles of Hebrew justice — Importance of the witnesses — Method of criminal procedure — Forms of oral evidence — Stoning — The Hakirotk — The two charges — Illegal proceeding of Caiaphas — The rejection of the Messiah — The condemnation — Power of the Sanhedrin — Pontius Pilate — The Praetorium — The accusation — Pilate's question — Pilate's just verdict — Pilate's failure to execute justice — The condemnation of Christ ..... 61-130; title: LECTURE III; title: THE CRUCIFIXION AND THE SITE OF THE HOLY SEPULCHRE; title: Christ delivered to the Roman soldiers — The site of Golgotha — History of this place-name — The crucifixion — History of this punishment — Various forms of the cross — Method of crucifixion — "Wine mingled with myrrh" — The titulus — Joseph's tomb — No cultus of the sacred tomb in Apostolic times — No mention of it by early pilgrims — The Emperor Constantine — The search for the Holy Sepulchre — Its miraculous discovery — Suggested sites — The true site probably lost ..... 131-191; title: BOOKS REFERRED TO BY THE AUTHOR.