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Who killed Jesus? It wasn’t the Jews, writes a scholar of Roman law.

JL;DR SUMMARY The perpetuation of the antisemitic notion that Jews were responsible for the death of Jesus is confronted in a new book by historian Nathanael Andrade. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish HistoryRoman EmpireChristianityJesusNostra AetatePontius PilateRoman LawNathanael AndradeGospels

Places mentioned

New York, United States
"Earlier this month, a newspaper columnist in upstate New York casually referred to the Jewish Leaders who persecuted Jesus in an article lambasting President Trumps critics."
Binghamton, New York, United States
"A professor of history at Binghamton University, Andrade builds on the work of scholars who have used the historians tools to interrogate a story that combines both history and religious myth-making."
Jerusalem, Israel
"and shifted the blame for their messiahs execution to the Jewish authorities in charge of the Temple in Jerusalem."
Nazareth, Northern District, Israel
"This month, the historian Nathanael Andrade weighs in with a new book, Killing the Messiah: The Trial and Crucifixion of Jesus of Nazareth."

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