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Encyclopedic overview
17 sectionsContents
- Hebrew Bible
- History
- Early Sanhedrin
- The trial of Jesus, and early Christianity
- During Jewish–Roman Wars
- After Bar Kokhba Revolt
- Powers
- Function and procedures
- Summary of Patriarchal powers
- Archaeological findings
- Nasi (president)
- Revival attempts
- Napoleon Bonaparte's "Grand Sanhedrin"
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
thumb|The Sanhedrin, from an 1883 encyclopedia
The Sanhedrin (Hebrew and Middle Aramaic , a loanword from , 'assembly,' 'sitting together,' hence 'assembly' or 'council') was a Jewish legislative and judicial assembly in the ancient land of Israel.
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