Sanhedrin

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title: Sanhedrin
text: The Sanhedrin was a legislative and judicial assembly of either 23 or 71 elders, existing at both a local and central level in the ancient Land of Israel. There were two classes of Rabbinite courts called sanhedrins: Greater and Lesser. A lesser Sanhedrin of 23 judges was appointed to sit as a tribunal in each city. There was only one Great Sanhedrin of 71 judges, which, among other roles, acted as a supreme court, taking appeals from cases that lesser courts decided. In general usage, the Sanhe
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description: Assemblies of twenty-three or seventy-one Jewish elders
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanhedrin
date created: 2003-01-05T01:49:51Z
date modified: 2024-09-15T03:15:58Z
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