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Brown begins by carefully defining the Jewish role in the death of Jesus. "In a context of hostile inter-Jewish feelings," he says, "how can one dismiss as unthinkable a desire on the part of some fellow Jews for severe action against Jesus, a troubling religious figure?" He stresses that...
Other Jewish writers doubt the Sanhedrin trial occurred at all. For example, the nighttime hearing and the rushed verdict described in the New Testament violate religious law. But Brown says there is no reason to suppose that Jews of A.D. 30 would have strictly observed procedures not codified until two...
The Death of the Messiah deals with many matters central to the Christian faith, as well as iconic motifs such as the Judas kiss and Pilate's washing his hands. The book's scholarship will upset Christian traditionalists, although it fits well with new warnings against "fundamentalism" from the Pontifical...
Gideon Mendel, Network Agency: "Photographers are aware that violence is a valuable commodity. When I heard that some photographers had been at ((the execution; Mendel shot the aftermath)), I said, 'F---, I missed the event.' That's a rather peculiar thing for a human being to say. 'Damn, I wasn...
Paul Touvier, the first Frenchman to be tried for crimes against humanity, went on trial in Versailles. Touvier, who served as intelligence chief for a pro-Nazi militia during World War II, stands accused of ordering the execution of seven Jews in a Lyons suburb in 1944.