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Judge Cohn's thesis, which has intrigued Christian Scriptural experts in Jerusalem, is contained in an article in the current issue of the Israel Law Review. Analyzing the Gospel accounts of the Passion in the light of known facts about legal customs and traditions of Jesus' time, Cohn insists that Jesus was tried and condemned for the political crime of insurrection-a charge that could be handled only by the Roman Procurator and not by a Jewish court. The Justice supports this suggestion by reference to the Gospel texts: when Jesus was asked by Pilate...
...belief that high school driver-education courses produce safer drivers is so sacredly held that insurance companies trim premiums for motorists who have taken them. That gospel was challenged last week by University of California Psychologist Frederick L. McGuire. "There is no evidence," McGuire told a session of the National Safety Congress in Chicago, "that driver education influences accident frequency or severity...
...something different when they "increase social wealth" and go to a government that owns the means of production rather than to a few capitalists. But no matter how they squirm, the Communists cannot rid themselves entirely of the carbuncles inherent in the Marxian preachings that they have elevated to gospel...
Preparation for temple marriage begins with the most closely guarded and one of the most sacred of Mormon rites: the endowments, or joint covenants between the couple and God to fulfill his commandments and practice the Gospel. In return, says a Mormon leader, "the Lord will promise you blessings beyond comprehension." Scott and Ronna made their covenants the day before the wedding in three different rooms of the temple, symbolizing the three degrees of glory. Some 200 people participated, including temple assistants alert to any deviation from the strict five-hour procedure. Any mistake would have to be corrected before...
...Love-ins tells the tale of a professor (Richard Todd) who resigns his post to spread the gospel of love and acid among some unaccountably scrubbed-looking Hashbury hippies. A leary disciple shoots him dead at a rally in a stadium packed with flower folk at a $5 admission tab. Among other implausibilities: a psychedelic-balletic version of Alice in Wonderland...