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Jesus on death row : the trial of Jesus and American capital punishment
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Jesus on death row : the trial of Jesus and American capital punishment / Mark William Osler.
ISBN
0687647568 (hardback : alk. paper)
Published
Nashville : Abingdon Press, c2009.
Physical Description
ix, 157 pages ; 24 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
February 23, 2009
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-154) and index.
Contents
Introduction
The story of Jesus Christ, defendant
The investigation and inculpatory statements
The use of a paid informant
Strategic arrest
The maiming of the slave and the role of power
The initial appearance
Last meal/Last Supper
The fact of a trial
The trial witnesses
The prosecutor's emotion
The appeal to Pilate
Habeas denied
The governor denies clemency
Humiliation of the convicted
A cruel and unusual execution
Forfeiture
The problem of innocence
Aloneness and the ethics of the crowd.
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