Jesus on death row : the trial of Jesus and American capital punishment

Osler, Mark William. (Author).

Item details

ISBN: 9780687647569 (hardback : alk. paper)
ISBN: 0687647568 (hardback : alk. paper)
Physical Description: print
ix, 157 p. ; 24 cm.
Publisher: Nashville : Abingdon Press, c2009.

Contents / Notes

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 145-154) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

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.