How did Jesus, a much-loved and highly respected Jewish teacher, get sentenced to death as a criminal? The questions of students and scholars about the actual circumstances, legal situation, and subsequent development of the Passion Narratives are here answered in Sloyan's second edition of this reliable resource, first published by Fortress Press in 1973. This second edition includes additional text, updated bibliography and notes, and a new preface.
1Scholarship regarding Jesus' sentence to death12What Roman law allowed163The interrogation and trial according to Mark294The history of the tradition of the interrogation and trial in Matthew555The inquest and trial narratives in the gospel according to Luke676The Caiaphas and pilate narratives in John847Conclusions97