Haim Cohn, a Justice of the Supreme Court of Israel, and a scholar of Jewish legal history , offers a profound and respectful engagement of the Gospel narrative of the trail and death of Jesus. Using information we possess from various scholarly sources concerning the law and procedures (both Jewish and Roman) pertaining at the time, Justice Cohn presents a searching forensic and historical analysis to create a legal, political and religious context of the events as they may really have happened.
Does the New Testament provide an accurate account of the Trial and Passion of ]esus? A Justice of the Israeli Supreme Court seeks the answer to that question through a profound and respectful engagement with the Gospel narrative. He brings to this endeavor an intimate knowledge of ancient Jewish and Roman law and the historical period in which fesus lived. His conclusions will challenge believer and nonbeliever alike while providing the historical background essential to a deeper understanding of the New Testament story.