This comprehensive sourcebook publishes the extra-biblical primary texts with translation and commentary that illustrate Jesus' trial before the Sanhedrin and before Pontius Pilate, and crucifixion as a method of execution in antiquity.
The purpose of this comprehensive sourcebook by David W. Chapman and Eckhard J. Schnabel is to publish the extra-biblical primary texts that have been cited as relevant for understanding Jesus' trial and crucifixion. The texts in the first part deal with Jesus' trial and interrogation before the Sanhedrin, and the texts in the second part concern Jesus' trial before Pilate. The texts in part three represent crucifixion as a method of execution in antiquity. For each document the authors provide the original text (Hebrew, Aramaic, Greek, Latin, etc.), a translation, and commentary. The commentary describes the literary context and the purpose of each document in context before details are clarified, along with observations on the contribution of these texts to understanding Jesus' trial and crucifixion.
Table of contents:
Part 1. The Jewish Trial before the Sanhedrin (E. J. Schnabel)
1.1 Annas and Caiaphas
1.2 The Jurisdiction of the Sanhedrin
1.3 Capital Cases in Jewish Law
1.4 Interrogation of Witnesses
1.5 The Charge of Blasphemy
1.6 The Charge of Being a Seducer
1.7 The Charge of Sorcery
1.8 Abuse of Prisoners
1.9 Transfer of Court Cases
Part 2. The Roman Trial before Pontius Pilatus (E. J. Schnabel)
2.1 Pontius Pilatus
2.2 The Jurisdiction of Roman Prefects
2.3 The
crimen maiestatis in Roman Law
2.4 Reports of Trial Proceedings
2.5 Languages Used in Provincial Court Proceedings
2.6 Amnesty and Acclamatio Populi
2.7 Abuse of Convicted Criminals
2.8 Requisitioning of Provincials
2.9 Carrying the Crossbeam
2.10 Titulus
Part 3. Crucifixion (D. W. Chapman)
3.1 Crucifixion, Bodily Suspension, and Issues of Definition
3.2 Bodily Suspension in the Ancient Near East
3.3 Barbarians and Crucifixion according to Graeco-Roman Sources
3.4 Suspension and Crucifixion in Classical and Hellenistic Greece
3.5 Jewish Suspension and Crucifixion
3.6 Victims of Crucifixion in the Roman Period
3.7 Suspension and Crucifixion in Hellenistic and Roman Palestine
3.8 Methods and Practices of Bodily Suspension in the Roman Period
3.9 Crucifixion Terminology Applied to Earlier Traditions
3.10 Perceptions of Crucifixion in Antiquity
3.11 Reception of the Christian Message of the Crucified Messiah
